Biometrics: Disability
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the barriers faced by people who use non-invasive ventilators in completing facial recognition-based identity verification; and what assessment they have made of the impact on disabled peop
Sick Leave
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 19 January (HL13274), whether they have now responded to the recommendations from the Keep Britain Working Review regarding the fit note; what further reforms to the fi
General Practitioners: Contracts
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the clinical and patient safety implications of mandating general practitioners to use Advice and Guidance prior to referral to specialist care within the 2026–27 GP contract and in what cl
Special Educational Needs: Private Education
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that national price bands for independent school placements distinguish between profiteering and the legitimate costs of high-cost provision, including provision delivered by non-profit specia
Dental Services
To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) private dental practices, and (2) NHS registered dentists, there are in England.
Special Educational Needs: Primary Education
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to assess unmet needs among children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities as part of their planned reforms set out in their primary schools white paper, Every Child Achieving
Special Educational Needs: Private Education
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of local authority attempts to introduce banding frameworks for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
Many local authorities have systems which indicate the range of top-up funding that might be provided for children and young people with a particular type and complexity of need, sometimes referred to as ‘banding frameworks’. These can help determine leve...
Asylum: Children
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the briefing by the Refugee and Migrant Children's Consortium Decisions in Unaccompanied Children's Asylum Claims and in particular (1) why there has been a significant reduction in protect
Local Housing Allowance: Uprating
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made a qualitative assessment of the impact of the decision not to uprate Local Housing Allowance in 2026–27 on homelessness among households in receipt of Universal Credit where at least one individual is
Asylum: Care Leavers
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the increased risks, including risks of trafficking, to children as a result of the implementation of section 32 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 and the proposed changes in the fami
Vocational Education: Iron and Steel
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department will be offering support to further education colleges offering vocational courses to address the increase in steel costs as a result of planned import tariffs.
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of delays in Civil Service pension administration by Capita on deferred members approaching retirement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potentia
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential risk of wildfires in summer 2026.
Trinity House: Shipping
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of overseas tender for the procurement of vessels for Trinity House, in terms of foreign government support for the tenders and subcontracting of work to third parties in the Far East.
Social Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has plans to raise the upper capital limit for means-tested social care support in England.
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on public confidence in the consultation process of departmental announcements describing proposed SEND reforms in definitive terms before the consultation h
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to publish the evidence, modelling and legal analysis underpinning the Government's position that proposed SEND reforms will strengthen protections for disabled children and young people.
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether ministers or officials had reached agreement on core policy positions relating to (a) Individual Support Plans, (b) Education, Health and Care Plan reform, (c) National Inclusion Standards and (d) Speci
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the proposed SEND reforms meet relevant legal obligations under (a) the Children and Families Act 2014, (b) the Equality Act 2010 and (c) Article 23 of the UN Convention on th
Care Homes: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in employers' National Insurance contributions on care home fee rises for self-funders.
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether draft legislation, implementation frameworks or operational delivery models for the proposed SEND reforms had been prepared before the consultation on those reforms closed on 18 May 2026.
Care Homes: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to protect self-funders from care home fee increases that exceed inflation.
Chemicals: Pollution Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of chemical pollutants in water bodies on human health and the environment.
UK Relations with EU: Minerals
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent diplomatic discussions she has had with European counterparts about the potential merits of agreeing a combined minerals strategy.
China: Minerals
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent diplomatic discussions she has had with allies about decreasing dependence on China for minerals.