Written Questions

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment her Department has made of potential implications of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's updated Code of Practice guidance for the application of the Equality Act 2010 to same-sex couple

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain on NHS workforce planning and the retention of internationally educated nu

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure prison officers receive appropriate training and development opportunities throughout their careers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of outsourcing staff banks on NHS staff pay, employment terms and access to NHS pension arrangements in the South West.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure NHS staff are supported through bank and agency arrangements that may offer different lower pay and different conditions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of regional trends in the levels of access to apprenticeships for people aged 16 to 24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of bus service reliability on access to employment and education opportunities; and what steps is her Department is taking to strengthen public transport con

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of regional differences in broadband reliability and average download speeds; what steps he is taking to improve digital connect

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions have taken place under the Hunting Act 2004 in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the household recycling rate was in each local authority in the latest year for which figures are available.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the criteria used by LINK when determining whether a community should receive a banking hub; and what steps he is taking to help ensure that communities which ha

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what alternative routes are available to communities following a decision by LINK not to recommend a banking hub for their area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of homes with planning permission that have not yet started construction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the affordability of home ownership for first-time buyers in the Filton and Bradley Stoke constituency since July 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of nurse vacancies on the provision of learning disability and mental health services in Filton and Bradley Stoke constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the contemporary operating model used by letting agencies whereby potential tenants are not permitted to view the full terms of

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance has his Department issued to pensions schemes on contacting members whose pre-retirement fund suffered crystallised losses following the use of leveraged Liability–Driven investment strate

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her department undertook constituency-level modelling to estimate trends in the level of support for constituencies from the £53 million emergency support package to help with rising

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many applications her department received for its Crisis and Resilience Fund to assist with heating oil costs since its launch on 1 April 2026, broken down by local authority area, and ho

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she plans to visit Aberdeen to meet representatives of the oil and gas sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she met with representatives of the UK oil and gas sector during the summer recess.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her policy is on the future licensing of new oil and gas fields in the North Sea.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the potential cumulative impact of combined impact overheads such as current or future levels of tax, energy bill, and labour costs on the financial viability of

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of support available to Iranian nationals and dual nationals visiting the UK and unable to return to Iran.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce (a) temporary visa extensions and (b) other immigration flexibility for Iranian nationals and dual nationals whose permission to stay in the UK is due to expire and who