Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that new social and affordable homes are used to reduce housing waiting lists among British citizens and established local residents.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with Halton Borough Council, Riverside College, local schools and employers on the proposed establishment of a dedicated post-16 skills and apprenticeship hub in Runcorn.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current and projected post-16 education and training capacity in Runcorn and Helsby constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will undertake a local skills needs assessment for Runcorn and Helsby constituency to identify employer demand in engineering, laboratory science, digital technology, construction, logistics a

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what capital funding is available for the establishment of a (a) satellite further education campus and (b) specialist skills and apprenticeship centre in Runcorn; and whether such a proposal is eligible for fu

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the creation of additional apprenticeship starts in Runcorn and Helsby constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a year-by-year expenditure trajectory for meeting 3.5 per cent of GDP on defence by 2035.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister’s announcement of £8.4 billion for the Dreadnought submarine programme on 30 July 2026, how much of that funding is additional to previously announced departmental spending se

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of planned defence expenditure between 2026 and 2035 will be allocated to the Defence Nuclear Enterprise.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish a costed implementation plan for delivering the capabilities identified in the Strategic Defence Review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Government plans to review the provisions of the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill before its remaining parliamentary stages.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the number of Armed Forces veterans who may become subject to renewed criminal investigations following passage of the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will provide publicly funded legal representation for veterans required to participate in legal proceedings arising from their service in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill on future recruitment to the Armed Forces.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of police powers to tackle the dangerous and anti-social use of privately owned e-scooters and illegally modified electric bikes.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent large-scale irregular migration into Ceuta on UK border security.

To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the Prime Minister of Spain on recent irregular migration into Ceuta.

To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with European leaders on preventing the onward movement of irregular migrants towards the United Kingdom.

To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to raise recent migration into Ceuta at his next meeting with European leaders.

To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the President of France on strengthening controls against the onward movement of irregular migrants through France.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent migration into southern Europe on small boat crossings of the English Channel.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to seek additional agreements with European countries on the return of people who enter the United Kingdom illegally.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of recent trends in the number of people carried aboard individual small boats crossing the English Channel.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the use of larger vessels for small boat crossings on risks to life.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the arrival of 752 people by small boat on 29 July 2026 on border security.