Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 15097 on Badgers: Animal Welfare and Disease Control, if she will take steps to record official figures on the number of badger deaths

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to introduce an official animal cruelty register.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, following the revised recommendations of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation made on 16 July 2026 relating to unprimed adolescents' MenB vaccinations, whether she will take steps to

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the clarity and efficiency of the Continuing Healthcare assessment process.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to provide clarity to Continuing Healthcare applicants regarding what constitutes a health need rather than a social care need in determining eligibility for thi

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the School Holiday Voucher Scheme on levels of child poverty in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to review the decision to end the School Holiday Voucher Scheme following the 2025/26 academic year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy and effectiveness of Capita in resolving delays to pension payments under the Teachers' Pension Scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve efficiencies in the probate system specifically pertaining to phone waiting times.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, a) when did the department last make a review of staffing adequacy with regard to the Probate Service telephone service and b) when is the next review due.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has issued guidance on whether tolerated traveller sites are to included in the calculation of a local planning authorities locally assessed need for trave

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department made an impact assessment of the prioritisation of AI data centres in the grid connection process.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the readiness of HMRC-recognised bridging software and agent software for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax ahead of the April 2026 mandation date for taxpayers with qualifying income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the suitability of Making Tax Digital's income and expense categories for taxpayers with multiple rural income sources, including farming, forestry, and residential and business lets w

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the cumulative impact on small and medium-sized accountancy and tax advisory practices of (a) the mandatory Tax Adviser Registration scheme, (b) the lowered threshold from

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on complaints concerning GP practices that are not investigated due to resource prioritisation policies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department has issued to GP practices on the maximum duration for which fit notes may be issued.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what alternative routes of redress are available to patients whose complaints about NHS primary care services are not investigated by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what accountability mechanisms are available to disabled people for Access to Work decisions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what safeguards are in place to ensure disabled workers do not lose workplace support from Access to Work at renewal without change in (a) need and (b) circumstances.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools in offering Natural History GCSE.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is considering the potential merits of additional a) support and b) training to be put in place to address misogyny in the healthcare system, with regard to the impact this has on treat

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the processing rate of Pension Sharing Orders by his Department.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Capita in issuing Remedial Service Statements.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has considered extending the requirement to make fish farm inspection reports publicly available to all farmed animals.