Oldbury Power Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the current ownership status is of the Oldbury nuclear site.
Victims: Codes of Practice
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure that the new Victims Code stipulates that the police, CPS, government agencies and health professionals consistently recognise non fatal strangulation as a high risk indicator of h
Navy: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out the full scope of the Naval Support Integrated Global Network programme.
The Naval Support Integrated Global Network (NSIGN) programme is the successor to the Future Maritime Support Programme and will deliver in-service support to Royal Navy ships and submarines, alongside services enabling the maintenance and operation of so...
Australia: Nuclear Submarines
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the AUKUS Pillar 1 plan announced in 2023, what assessment he has made of the ability of the Royal Navy to facilitate an ongoing rotational presence of conventionally armed, nuclear-powered subm
The AUKUS partnership, announced in March 2023, sets out a phased approach under Pillar 1 to deliver a trilateral programme of conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs), including a rotational UK and US presence in the Indo-Pacific from as e...
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 16 April 2026, to question 124247 on Defence: Expenditure, what discussions he has had with NATO counterparts on the date for publication of the UK's defence spending figures for 2026-27
The publication of Allies' defence spending figures is handled by NATO in line with its usual processes. NATO will inform Allies of its plans closer to the potential publication date.
Public Libraries: Fylde
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether libraries in Fylde constituency will benefit from future allocations from the Libraries Improvement Fund.
The Libraries Improvement Fund is a competitive open-access capital fund for library services based in England, administered by Arts Council England. The Fund supports public libraries to upgrade their buildings and technology to meet changing needs to be...
Roads: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to help reduce road deaths of (a) cyclists and (b) pedestrians.
Government is committed to making our roads safer for all users and as a consequence reducing risks to cyclists and pedestrians. The new Road Safety Strategy sets an ambitious target to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on British ro...
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
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 was receiving SEN Support at the time the prosecution was initiated.
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.
Special Educational Needs: Attendance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on the application of discretion in attendance enforcement proceedings against parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities.
Hospital Beds
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of patients in NHS acute hospital beds in England whose (a) discharge and (b) onward care pathway is delayed pending a diagnostic (i) test and (i
Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to expand inpatient diagnostic capacity as part of the NHS productivity plan.
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.
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the number of asylum seekers being housed in the country by parliamentary constituency.
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many councils have applied for the migrant Dispersal Accommodation pilot.
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to Integrated Care Boards on managing the transfer of NHS dental patients when a practice (a) hands back and (b) partially hands back its NHS contract.
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of patients whose regular NHS dentist has ceased providing NHS care in the last 24 months.
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor (a) NHS dental practice closures and (b) partial contract reductions.
Crime: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on aligning the new child criminal exploitation offence with existing modern slavery legislation.
The Government is committed to tackling the gangs who are luring children into violence and crime. That is why we have legislated for a new offence of child criminal exploitation in the Crime and Policing Act. The Act also provides for new civil orders (c...
Environmental Stewardship Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Environmental Stewardship agreements at protecting wildlife habitats and increasing biodiversity.
Environmental Stewardship (ES) is a legacy scheme which operated in England under the framework of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy. It was introduced in 2005 and closed to new applications in 2014. The scheme has been subject to ongoing monitoring and...
Curlews: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to maintain and protect curlews on the Lancashire coast.
Housing: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) the Conveyancing Association, (b) the Law Society and (c) HM Land Registry on rates of residential property transaction fa
Reserve Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether former reservists subject to recall under the Armed Forces Bill will apply retrospectively to Reservists who served before the bill passed.
Former reservists who left before the Armed Forces Bill 2026 was passed will not be subject to recall retrospectively. However, those who have left service may choose to opt in to recall liability if they wish. Those personnel who are currently serving wi...
Housing: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to commission research into the proportion of residential property transactions that fail to complete after offer acceptance, broken down by reason f