Large Goods Vehicles: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 9 January 2026 to Question 100955 on Department for Transport: Carbon Emissions, what assessment she has made of the administrative costs required for the Traffic Commissioners f
Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on the average number of carriages provided per service for each train operating company holding a National Rail contract in each of the last 18 months.
Police: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to ensure police officers are safe in the workplace.
The Government recognises the vital role that police officers play in keeping our communities safe and is committed to supporting their safety and wellbeing in the workplace.Through the measures set out in the Government’s Police Reform White Paper, we ar...
Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of regional variations in the proportion of rail services operated with fewer carriages than planned in the last 18 months.
Epilepsy
To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria does the Refractory Epilepsy Specialist Clinical Advisory Service use to make their decisions, and what is its evidence base.
Sports: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase the provision of disability sport in Lincolnshire.
The Government believes that opportunities to play sport and get physically active should be available to everyone. Our arm’s length body, Sport England, ensures that each of their programmes impact directly on disabled people and those with long-term hea...
Motorcycles: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has considered aligning motorcycle Vehicle Excise Duty with the weight-based approach proposed for other vehicle categories in the eVED consultation.
All UK-registered electric and plug-in hybrid cars will pay Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED). eVED will not apply to other vehicle types such as motorcycles, vans, and buses when introduced in April 2028. This is because the transition to electric for ...
Roads: Standards
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment she has made of road wear caused by (a) motorcycles and (b) other vehicle types; and whether she plans to update future VED banding.
The Treasury has not made a specific assessment of the contribution of motorcycles to road wear compared with other vehicle types.There are no current plans to make changes to VED banding. The Chancellor makes decisions about taxation at fiscal events in ...
Special Educational Needs: Attendance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the proportion of prosecutions of parents under section 444 of the Education Act 1996 that involve children with special educational needs and disabilities.
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure continuity of NHS dental care for patients whose practice has converted in (a) whole and (b) part to private provision.
Tinnitus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to exempt VAT on class 1 medical devices that suppress the impact of tinnitus.
VAT is a broad-based tax, and the Government keeps all taxes under review. Under existing rules, certain medical devices may qualify for a reduced or zero rate of VAT when supplied for the personal use of a disabled person or for use in qualifying healthc...
Fire and Rescue Services: Water Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that new housing developments have adequate water supply for local Fire and Rescue services.
Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households were placed in temporary accommodation outside their home local authority area in each of the last five years.
Accredited official statistics on statutory homelessness, including the number of households who are owed a temporary accommodation duty who are in another local authority are published in the financial year and quarterly homelessness statistics on gov.uk...
Motorcycles: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of calculating motorcycle Vehicle Excise Duty on the basis of engine size.
VED for motorcycles is currently based on engine size. There are four engine size ranges, with the lowest rate applying to zero emission motorcycles and the smallest engines sized 150cc or less (currently £27). The highest rate applies to engines sized 60...
National Grid: Operating Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the total system costs of maintaining grid stability over the last five years for which data is available.
Maintaining the stability and operability of Great Britain’s electricity system is the responsibility of the independent National Energy System Operator (NESO) working with electricity network companies through regulated market arrangements. Under its Ele...
Electricity Generation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to Answer of 17 April 2026 to Question 124401, what metrics his Department uses to define high levels of resilience in Britain’s electricity system.
Great Britain has one of the most reliable energy systems in the world, with the National Grid Electricity System having an overall reliability of supply of 99.9% in 2024-2025. DESNZ works closely with industry to continually improve and maintain the resi...
Renewable Energy: Electricity Generation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to Answer of 17 April 2026 to Question 124401, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the tools available to system operators to manage periods of low renewable generation co
The Government works continuously with Ofgem and the National Energy System Operator (NESO) to ensure industry continues to have the tools required to manage fluctuations in supply and demand and maintain system stability. NESO is taking steps to maintain...
Temporary Accommodation: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of out-of-area homelessness placements on children’s a) school attendance and b) attainment.
To reduce the use of out of area placements, we must tackle the root causes of homelessness and reduce the number of families in temporary accommodation. To do this we must build more homes, including through the new 10-year £39 billion Social and Afforda...
Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce the use of out-of-area temporary accommodation placements for homeless households.
To reduce the use of out of area placements, we must tackle the root causes of homelessness and reduce the number of families in temporary accommodation. To do this we must build more homes, including through the new 10-year £39 billion Social and Afforda...
Mathematics: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Maths Hubs programme in improving GCSE maths attainment in disadvantaged areas.
The Maths Hubs programme aims to raise attainment for all students in England while reducing attainment gaps, including the disadvantage gap. Data for schools with high rates of free school meals (FSM) eligibility shows that approximately 60% of both prim...
Afghanistan: Humanitarian Situation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan on the health and wellbeing of children in that country.
The UK remains deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and it remains one of our largest humanitarian programmes. The £154 million we allocated to Afghanistan in the last financial year ensured continued access to health, nutritio...
Trade Agreements: India
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, a) what progress his Department has made in implementing the UK-India Free Trade Agreement and b) what benefits it will bring to families and businesses in i) Newcastle-under-Lyme and ii) Staffordshire
Once in place, families and businesses across Staffordshire, including in Newcastle-under-Lyme, will benefit from reduced tariffs on 92% of UK goods exports, and iconic businesses such as JCB will be able to take advantage of lower tariffs on machinery, s...
Special Educational Needs: Attendance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the number of prosecutions of parents under section 444 of the Education Act 1996 where the child had an Education, Health and Care Plan at the time the prosecution was initiat
Housing: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has (a) set and (b) plans to set a target for the average time taken to complete a residential property purchase as part of its home buying and selling ref
Housing: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of trends, based on industry data, in the average completion times for residential property purchases in England over the last five years.