Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2026 to question 21369, whether her Department holds information on the percentage of Sudanese nationals who claim asylum following a grant of entry clearance as

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent male suicide.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions her Department has had with (a) healthcare professionals and (b) mental health support services on suicide prevention.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent suicide amongst young people.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase awareness of mental health support in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with (a) teachers and (b) head teachers on mental health support for students.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to notify local authorities of the outcome of their Local Area SEND Reform Plans; and what criteria her Department is using to assess whether a submitted plan qualifies for the full 90

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the UN Environment Programme's report entitled Limiting Overshoot - Navigating exceedance of 1.5°C and pathways towards return, published on 2 September 2026.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps she is taking to ensure the AI Security Institute is able to access the newest frontier models before their release.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information her Department holds on the distillation of UK AI models by China.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether open weight models from China are being procured for use by government departments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September to Question 26653 on Cameras: Wearable Technology, if he will make it his policy to restrict sale of high tech smart glasses only to those wi

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to WPQ 26656, if her Department will make such an assessment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the value of the Support for Maritime Training Scheme to shipowners that qualify for the Tonnage Tax.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues in the Treasury regarding the recommendations in the review of the effectiveness of funding for UK seafarer training published in April.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues (b) employers and (c) trade unions regarding the shortage in seafarer Ratings grades in the UK shipping industry over the next decade forecast by

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with (a) Skills England, (b) employers and (c) trade unions to help increase the (i) range and (ii) uptake of seafarer apprenticeships in maritime communities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues in the Department for Transport regarding Skills England’s live review of maritime apprenticeship standards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will make it his policy to (a) increase the statutory entitlement to paternity leave to at least six weeks and (b) to pay that leave at 90 percent of average weekly earnings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the rate of Statutory Paternity Pay on (a) take-up of paternity leave and (b) the amount of paternity leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing an equivalent paid paternity entitlement to self-employed fathers and partners who are not eligib

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the standard of fire safety in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what impact assessment her Department has carried out in relation to the standard of fire safety in schools following the publication of ‘Technical requirements for the design and construction of school and col

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of sprinkler systems with regards to fire safety in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of BB 100 (2007 version) with regards to fire safety in schools.