Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how much funding has been allocated to the Shared Rural Network.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's joint guidance entitled Biodiversity net gain, updated on 31 July 2026, what assessment she has made of the potent impact of changes to evident

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of planning applications under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 have claimed the de minimis exemption from biodiversity net gain each year since 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that patients are able to continue to receive hormone replacement treatment if there is an interruption to their shared care agreement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to protect UK packaging producers from foreign competitors with more environmentally harmful products.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of Plant-Based Health Professionals' document entitled Reaping the Benefits of Plant-Rich Diets: The Ten Poi

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many data centres currently in operation are powered by gas; and what assessment her department has made of the emissions from these data centres, relative to those connected to the grid.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what consideration his Department has given to introducing a requirement for minimum juice content of 50% for the sale of cider and perry products.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made (a) of the risks to human health and wildlife posed by microplastics and (b) the extent to which artificial grass and pitches contribute to the level of mi

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of levels of public awareness of the risk of wildfires posed by litter, included discarded glass bottles.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (a) what consideration has been given to the potential merits of requiring rainwater harvesting and attenuation measures in all new developments in Herefordshire and the River Wye catc

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of school attendance penalty notice regulations on NHS ambulance service staff with limited ability to choose annual leave due to operational rost

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average response time was for complaints submitted to the Child Maintenance Service in the last 12 months; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Independent Case Examiner proc

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Collect and Pay charges on the financial stability of paying parents; whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of intr

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of live broadcasting subtitles; and what steps she is taking to ensure the accuracy of those subtitles.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the additional defence funding set out in the Defence Investment Plan includes provision for the acquisition and ongoing support costs, including maintenance and infrastructure, associated with the planne

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her department has made on the availability of NHS Funding for the breast cancer drug Enhertu in England and Wales, in the context of treatment available to Scottish patients.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what work her department is doing to improve treatment and support for people with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of (a) alternative operational roles, including as an airborne command and control platform coordinating uncrewed systems, (b) transferring airframe

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for Army Air Corps Wildcat AH1 airframes following their withdrawal from service from 2027, including whether any will be retained as a source of certified spares for the Royal Navy

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service's use of its enforcement powers in recovering unpaid child maintenance; and what steps he is taking to ensure that paren

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of current planning policy in ensuring the provision of wheelchair-accessible housing, including step-free access, ground-

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to introduce mandatory accessibility standards in the Building Regulations and National Planning Policy Framework to require a proportion of new-buil

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that newly built accessible homes do not include steps, multi-storey layouts, and unsuitable features that prevent independent livin

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will review the accessibility requirements placed on developers of holiday accommodation.