Prisons: Overcrowding
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to tackle overcrowding in prisons.
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.
Fire and Rescue Services: Water Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with water companies on timely (a) maintenance and (b) repair of fire hydrants.
China: Defence Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential risks of the level of dependence on Chinese companies for consumable equipment in the defence supply chain.
Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long on average it takes for applications to be completed for a) the War Pension Scheme and b) the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.
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.
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.
Clean Energy: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Investor-State Dispute Settlements on the UK's capacity to transition away from fossil fuels.
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 plans to develop a formal care pathway for Parkinson's disease.
Child Maintenance Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Child Maintenance Service sends template letters to clients stating that a call was attempted in cases where no call was made.
Child Maintenance Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Child Maintenance Service's service level agreement is for contacting clients; and how compliance with that agreement is measured.
UK Biobank
To ask His Majesty's Government, for each month since UK Biobank first detected de-identified participant data on GitHub in 2022, (1) how many instances there have been of participant-level UK Biobank data being identified on GitHub, and (2) in each case,
Speech and Language Disorders: Chichester
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of support available to children with situational mutism in Chichester constituency.
UK Biobank
To ask His Majesty's Government what logs are made of files downloaded from the UK Biobank Research Analysis Platform; what level of detail is recorded in these logs; and how often they are audited.
Low Flying
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will ask the Civil Aviation Authority to review regulations and policy to better protect farm livestock, wildlife and other animals from the alarm and distress caused by low flying aircraft.
UK Biobank
To ask His Majesty's Government what technical controls are in place in the UK Biobank Research Analysis Platform to monitor and restrict the download of participant-level data, and how long they have been in place.
British Council
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the work of the British Council is aligned with the UK's security, trade, and soft power strategies.
Tobacco: Community Interest Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department considers that the Community Interest company Clean Streets is part of the tobacco industry.
We are considering this matter very carefully and will write to the honourable member for the City of Durham when we are in a position to do so.
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.
Internet: Fraud
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to collaborate with businesses and consumer groups to gather statistics on the number of UK citizens affected by online fraud.
Internet: Fraud
To ask His Majesty's Government what statistics they produce on the number of UK citizens who are victims of online fraud originating (1) within the UK, and (2) outside of the UK.
Internet: Fraud
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to collaborate with businesses to track and address the increase in fraud committed against consumers using generative AI tools, including voice cloning.
Social Rented Housing: Energy
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have existing powers to enable them to introduce minimum energy efficiency standards for the social housing sector, and if so, what they are.
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...