Heat Networks: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the average annual cost increase for households connected to heat networks as a result of recent increases in commercial gas prices.
Heat network operators buy the energy they need to provide heat to domestic consumers through commercial contracts. The Department and Ofgem are actively monitoring the contract prices paid by heat network operators since the Middle Eastern crisis began a...
Family Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Bar Council's recommendation to increase legal aid funding in family law.
This Government recognises the vital role that legal aid plays in supporting individuals in family proceedings to have access to publicly funded legal assistance to uphold their legal rights. We know that the civil and family legal aid market faces challe...
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when the Minister of AI and Digital Government plans to reply to the correspondence of 25 March 2026 from the Hon. Member for St Albans, reference DC54221/DSIT.
M25: Road Traffic
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimation she has made of the percentage of traffic on the M25 that is related to Heathrow Airport.
The Department does not have robust observed estimates for the proportion of traffic on the M25 that is related to Heathrow Airport, as it is difficult to disaggregate this from available data. For example, passenger data does not translate to an estimate...
Equality and Human Rights Commission: Codes of Practice
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, by what date she will publish the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s draft code of practice and guidance.
I refer you to the Minister for Women and Equalities Written Ministerial Statement issued on 21 May.
Fuels: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a national advertising strategy to promote the Fuel Finder scheme to Motorists.
The Government is promoting Fuel Finder primarily by making fuel price data openly available to third parties, allowing it to be incorporated directly into motorists’ commonly used apps and services. Ministers have promoted Fuel Finder including reference...
Fuels: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to promote the Fuel Finder scheme to Motorists.
The Government is promoting Fuel Finder primarily by making fuel price data openly available to third parties, allowing it to be incorporated directly into motorists’ commonly used apps and services. Ministers have promoted Fuel Finder including reference...
Russia: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations she to the Government of Russia on the prosecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses and other peaceful religious groups under extremism legislation
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of cooperation with the government of Belgium in deterring the illegal crossing of the English Channel by migrants.
Universal Credit: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the 12-month limit on capital disregard applied to Armed Forces Compensation Scheme lump sum payments in Universal Credit on injured veterans and t
Cyprus: Property
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the June 2025 judgment of the European Court of Human Rights reaffirming the Immovable Property Commission as an effective domestic remedy.
I refer the Noble Lord to the answer I gave him on 17 November 2025 in response to Question HL11561.
Steroid Drugs: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will discuss with [i] UKAD and [ii] other relevant bodies about the use of [i] IPEDs and [ii] SARMS amongst young people in the context of the aims of the Men's Health Strategy.
Dental Services: Lincolnshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of NHS dental practices are accepting new adult NHS patients in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Steroid Drugs: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made about the reasons for the use of [i] IPEDs and [ii] SARMs amongst young people.
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she will conduct an assessment of the current pressures facing the DVSA to manage ADI tests to ensure that a candidate can complete the process before the expiry of their theory test certificate.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has seen unprecedented numbers of applications from people wishing to become approved driving instructors (ADI) - a 152% increase since 2018-19. Alongside this, the pass rate for the part 3 test has declined,...
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what conversations she is having with the DVSA about the pressures faced by the DVSA booking system to manage new and repeated attempts to pass the ADI Part 3 test.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has seen unprecedented numbers of applications from people wishing to become approved driving instructors (ADI) - a 152% increase since 2018-19. Alongside this, the pass rate for the part 3 test has declined,...
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what conversations she is having with the DVSA to support the recruitment of additional examiners in the Advanced Driving Instructor team.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has seen unprecedented numbers of applications from people wishing to become approved driving instructors (ADI) - a 152% increase since 2018-19. Alongside this, the pass rate for the part 3 test has declined,...
Hospices: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 22 April 2026 to Question 125262, what his planned timetable is for publishing the amount that each children and young people's hospice will receive in the 2026-27 f
The Department does not hold a centrally consolidated breakdown of allocations to individual children and young people’s hospice, and so is therefore not able to publish this information.NHS England has informed all integrated care boards (ICBs) of their ...
Social Media: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she will have conversations with the Social Media companies about trends in the levels of blocked content across their platforms, about the use of IPEDs and SARMs.
The Secretary of State engages regularly with Ofcom and industry, including social media companies, on how they are fulfilling their duties under the Online Safety Act, including in relation to illegal content and emerging harms.The Act places clear dutie...
Hospices: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 22 April 2026 to Question 125262, for what reason the Department is not yet in a position to share those individual allocations publicly.
The Department does not hold a centrally consolidated breakdown of allocations to individual children and young people’s hospices, and so is therefore not able to publish this information.In line with the established arrangements, integrated care boards (...
Steroid Drugs: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will have conversations with colleagues in the [i] Department for Culture and Media and Sport and [ii] Department for Science and Technology about the impact of social media content on t
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Royal College of General Practitioners' report entitled Tackling the GP workload crisis, published in April 2026.
We welcome the findings from the Royal College of General Practitioners’ report on ‘Tackling the GP workload crisis’. Many of the recommendations align closely with our ongoing commitment to fixing the front door of the National Health Service by cutting ...
Speed Limits: Cameras
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress she has made towards licensing acoustic speed cameras following recent roadside trials.
Parkinson's Disease
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase funding for research into Parkinson's disease.
Parkinson's Disease
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will take steps to provide free NHS prescriptions to younger onset Parkinson's patients.