Written Questions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the performance of Capita against each of the milestones contained in the Civil Service Pension Recovery Plan since February 2026; and what proportion of those milestones have bee

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the additional cost to the public purse arising from the Civil Service Pension Recovery Plan since February 2026, broken down by (a) additional civil servants deployed, (b) external

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many members of the Civil Service Pension Scheme are currently waiting for a retirement quotation; and how many of those members have already passed their intended retirement date.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many bereavement cases being administered by Capita are currently more than (a) 30, (b) 60, (c) 100 and (d) 150 days old.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what role does the Cabinet Office play in deciding whether the Emergency Alerts system should be used during periods of extreme heat.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to expand the use of Emergency Alerts for severe weather events, including extreme heat, flooding and storms.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Government's use of mobile phone alerts to communicate health advice to the public during periods of extreme heat in 2026.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues on whether mobile phone alerts should be targeted at areas subject to the highest level of heat-health risk, rather than issued nationally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many 18 to 24-year-olds are eligible for the Jobs Guarantee in each rollout area.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the publication entitled Understanding behaviours and expectations in the UK: a guide for asylum seekers, in reducing offending and improving under

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department consulted (a) asylum seekers, (b) refugee organisations, (c) local authorities, (d) police forces and (e) organisations representing women and victims of domestic and sexual abu

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the 24-week target on the number of successful asylum appeals.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with her French counterpart to tackle encampments of people whose intention is to cross the channel to gain access to the UK illegally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the funding for the Social and Affordable Homes Programme will be allocated between (a) social rent, (b) affordable rent, (c) shared ownership and (d) other forms of housing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many additional council homes she expects councils to build during this Parliament as a result of the Social and Affordable Homes Programme; and how many of those will be in

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many additional Social Rent homes she expects to secure through Section 106 agreements over the lifetime of the programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many railway stations in Fylde constituency are within scope of the new default yes planning policy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her department has considered providing an exemption to the new regulations for the Free Breakfast Clubs Programme for primary schools if provision is already in place.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of requiring as-built specifications to be lodged as a condition of building control completion for new homes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Animal Health Certificate requirements for pet travel between the UK and EU on pet owners; and whether she has consid

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of pavement delivery robots on pedestrian safety, accessibility, and the overall use of public footways, particularly for people with disabilities, older res

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to launch the consultation on the licensing and regulation of animal rescues and sanctuaries in England; and what steps the Department is taking to progress legislation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the review of AI deployment in electricity networks will include an assessment of the net effect on electricity demand of (a) AI-enabled grid efficiencies and (b) data-centre consumpt

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the number of UK households without connection to the electricity grid.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment has the Government made of the effectiveness of the application of VAT to first-time electricity mains connections for existing occupied residential properties that have never previously