To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to publish updated (a) life expectancy and (b) healthy life expectancy statistics for (i) electoral wards and (ii) middle layer super output areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to strengthen consumer protection in the short term lets market.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help small businesses to improve their capacity to deliver workplace health interventions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging cosmetic retailers to highlight allergens in the ingredient list.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to safeguard children and young people from gambling, including in later life, through the regulation of advertising, marketing and product design.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the research report by the Irish Economic and Social Research Institute entitled Childhood gambling experiences and adult problem gambling, published in June…

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Premier League clubs on gambling sponsorship on their websites.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to introduce a statutory levy on gambling operators.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) gambling companies and (b) relevant trade associations on the potential introduction of a statutory levy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of further gambling industry regulation being considered by her Department on levels of economic growth.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of pausing the measures on adult gambling centres announced in the Gambling White Paper.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a maximum five per cent threshold for ultra-processed foods (Nova Group 4) in the updated School Food Standards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms she is putting in place to ensure that proposed agency fee caps under the new Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing framework are effectively monitored and enforced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the new Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing framework makes no provision for ensuring that supply teachers can access the teachers’ pension scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve supply teachers’ access to the teachers’ pension scheme under the new Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing framework.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking ensure education on gambling harm is provided by organisations independent of the gambling industry; and whether targeted interventions are planned to educate children on gambling harms.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to schools on gambling-like features in video games, including loot boxes and in-game spending, as part of online safety education.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she made an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing framework to require supply teachers to be paid in line with the national teacher pay scale.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact on supply teacher recruitment and retention of not requiring agencies operating under the Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing framework to pay in accordance with the national teacher pay scale.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how she plans to ensure consistency in pay and conditions for supply teachers when participation in the new Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing framework is on an opt-in basis.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to mitigate variations in pay and employment conditions arising from individual school negotiations with agencies under the Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing framework.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of different rates of change in the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage between 2023 and 2024 compared to changes in the student loan repayment threshold on people who have…

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what processes are in place to ensure accountability and transparency when GCSE examination scripts are lost by exam boards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many incidents of lost exam scripts have been reported to the Department and Ofqual in each of the last two academic years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered allowing local education authorities to open new maintained schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing schools currently managed by multi-academy trusts to return to local education authority control.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish the revised School Food Standards; and what steps he is taking to consult (a) schools, (b) public health experts and (c) other stakeholders in the process.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how revised school food standards will align with (a) wider Government strategies on health and (b) the 10-Year Plan for Health.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to increase the amount of health-related content in the national curriculum.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help support local authorities to reduce the waiting times for education, health and care plans to be processed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that support for SEN children is needs-led.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered introducing further regulations on establishing (a) dog and (b) cat rescue organisations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his speech to the 2024 Country Land and Business Association conference of 21 November 2024, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the proposed 25-year farming roadmap to include…

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure super trawlers report marine mammal by-catch to the Marine Management Organisation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to take steps to introduce a national phase-out of the use of pesticides in public areas under local authority control.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the potential environmental impact of mobile phones going to landfill.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on meeting WHO clean air standards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps with technology and communications companies to mitigate harm to people with electromagnetic hypersensitivity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government response to the Child Maintenance: Improving the collection and transfer of payments consultation, published on 23 June 2025, what her planned timetable is for publishing further information on next steps.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of administrative capacity to manage the volume of transitions from Employment and Support Allowance to Universal Credit; and what steps she is taking to ensure that vulnerable claimants do…

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to implement a strategic plan to remove asbestos from all non-domestic buildings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to amend the eligibility criteria for Universal Credit so that people on temporary employment contracts are able to make claims as soon as their contract ends.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to work with the NHS and other public health bodies to improve support and treatment for those affected by gambling harm.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will initiate a review of the (a) structure and (b) terms of reference of the NHS Business Services Authority following the NHS 10 Year Plan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that diagnostic stewardship is embedded across infection care pathways to ensure that clinicians are (a) supported to use infection diagnostics effectively and (b) reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of infection diagnostics on (a) levels of inappropriate antibiotic use and (b) the policies set out in the policy paper entitled UK 5-year action plan for antimicrobial resistance 2024 to…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) noise and (b) air pollution on public health in densely populated residential areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve access to healthcare for people experiencing rough sleeping.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tailor (a) guidance and (b) support for local authorities to help mitigate increasing demand on adult social care services due to demographic ageing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of unpaid caring responsibilities on carers’ mental health.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance the has issued to local authorities on encouraging preventative health behaviours among working-age adults with (a) caring and (b) parental responsibilities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to support global health workforce development as part of the UK’s international health security agenda.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the health impact of high street regeneration.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the 10 year plan for the NHS will ensure that the NHS shifts from sickness to prevention.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of eligible families receive Healthy Start in Worthing West constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the facilities available for critical adolescent mental health cases.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has allocated for smoking cessation campaigns in the 2025-26 financial year; and whether he has made an assessment of the number of additional quit attempts that may be made as a result of these campaigns.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent childhood obesity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to expedite implementation of the recommendations from the Hughes report, published on 7 February 2024; and whether he plans to prioritise establishment of (a) interim payments and (b) a valporate specialist unit…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what procedure central government funding is allocated to institutions providing hospice care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to monitor the rise in cases in the more spreadable variant of mpox now detected in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.71 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October, what support his Department plans to give to GP practices unable to access the fund for GP surgery upgrades.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the number of medical speciality training places (a) in total and (b) in anaesthesia.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of anaesthetists.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of anaesthetic workforce shortages on the NHS’s ability to tackle the elective backlog.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the percentage of (a) doctors and (b) anaesthetists preparing to leave the profession; and what steps he is taking to improve retention.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing a National GP Retention Strategy backed by ring-fenced funding.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring NHS Trusts to amalgamate patient data across primary care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the provision of advice on plant-based diets by clinicians in primary care settings on (a) achieving the aim in the NHS Long Term Plan of supporting patients to adopt improved healthy…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Lord Darzi's Independent investigation of the NHS in England, published on 12 September 2024, what steps his Department is taking to support integrated care boards to increase capital expenditure in the primary care estate.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of surgical hubs on waiting times for (a) trauma and (b) orthopaedic treatment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.71 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October, how many new surgical hubs will focus solely on orthopaedic procedures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide additional funding to (a) community musculoskeletal services and (b) physiotherapy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide additional support for people with (a) arthritis and (b) musculoskeletal conditions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in levels of demand for patient care on the capacity of the nursing workforce.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the (a) mental health and (b) wellbeing of nursing staff.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include enforcement measures in the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to prevent the sale of tobacco products on the internet to those under age.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase the uptake of NHS stop smoking services amongst underage smokers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of improving access to healthy food on NHS waiting lists.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of voluntary sugar reduction programmes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of improving access to healthy food on the number of people who cannot work due to long-term illness.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing auto-enrolment for the Healthy Start scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to update guidance to Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) on the need to offer gluten free staples on NHS prescription for people with coeliac disease.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission a review into the adequacy of adult liver services across the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring people with lung conditions are given an annual (a) review and (b) medication check.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of physical advertising for unhealthy food products on levels of child obesity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to establish a health mission board.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the numbers of (a) health visitors and (b) school nurses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of pathways for the earlier detection of non-alcohol related fatty liver disease.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing parents to buy first-stage baby formula using (a) loyalty points, (b) grocery vouchers, (c) food bank vouchers and (d) other cash-equivalent methods.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the prevalence of non-alcohol related fatty liver disease in children.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) quality and (b) accessibility of online NHS health information.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on (a) implementing and (b) training additional mental health staff to help relieve waiting lists.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to tackle childhood obesity in the Health Mission Delivery Board.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to use indicators of health other than Body Mass Index to inform public health (a) priorities, (b) decisions and (c) strategies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of childhood obesity on inequalities in health outcomes between (a) deprived communities and (b) less deprived communities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce consumption of ultra-processed foods.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to establish a health mission to tackle the (a) social determinants of health and (b) regional gap in healthy life expectancy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the implementation of a ban on junk food advertising before the watershed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to protect those most at risk of harm from gambling and betting.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to assist British nationals who have overstayed their visas abroad, particularly in countries where the process for obtaining exit permits is complex.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to maintain public confidence in the value for money and accountability of UK aid spending.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what her long-term plans are for the Independent Commission for Aid Impact, particularly in relation to its mandate and resourcing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of independent scrutiny on value for money across the aid programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the independent scrutiny of Official Development Assistance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help facilitate independent scrutiny of Official Development Assistance across Government departments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on Official Development Assistance allocations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she plans to announce Official Development Assistance allocations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support water and sanitation projects through Official Development Assistance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) steps he is planning to take to take to strengthen antimicrobial resistance (i) surveillance and (ii) diagnostic capacity following the conclusion of the Fleming Fund programme and (b) support his Department…

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding his Department plans to allocate (a) to international programmes primarily focused on preventing novel pandemics at source and (b) through multilateral and bilateral initiatives where pandemic preparedness…

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the 6.9% reduction in the FCDO's resource budget on the ability to respond to global health threats.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that global development and health partnerships remain central to foreign policy objectives.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will prioritise global health spending in the Overseas Development Assistance budget in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support (a) low and (b) middle income countries issuing compulsory licenses for the HIV prevention tool lenacapavir.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help protect Edmundo Gonzalez, leader of the Venezuelan democratic opposition.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help increase the accessibility of covid-19 vaccines in lower-income countries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of attacks against health (a) workers and (b) facilities in Myanmar.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Ukrainians with valid leave under the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme are able to obtain confirmation of their right to (a) live, (b) work and (c) study in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that visa applications for foreign nationals visiting the UK through aid-funded project deliverables are processed in a (a) timely and (b) efficient manner.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure programmes intended to reduce coercive control are trauma-informed.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure police officers are trained to deal appropriately with people who rely on prescribed medical cannabis.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) transparency and (b) accountability in the management of fire safety equipment in leasehold properties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help tackle disparities in leasehold maintenance charges for residents living in self-contained bungalows who are charged for communal amenities they cannot not use.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that new homes promote positive health outcomes for residents.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support local authorities to improve high streets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 5.149 of Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, how long discounts on the Right to Buy scheme will be reduced for.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will include a youth chapter in the upcoming homelessness strategy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timelines are for the cross-government strategy to end homelessness.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential cost to the public purse of introducing automatic voter registration.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that new housing developments have sufficient opportunities for residents to easily access healthy foods.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the impact of trends in public sector pay over the last three years on district council budgets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the impact of contract inflation on the cost of district council services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the economic impact of (a) building more social housing and (b) reducing the number of families living in temporary accommodation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support her Department provides to district councils to help reduce the levels of homelessness.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) newbuild housing quality and (b) housing prices on health outcomes for residents.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of extending VAT exemption on defibrillators to include purchases of units installed in private homes.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of tax incentives for retail and hospitality employers to employ people aged 18 to 21 years old.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to expand the Soft Drinks Industry Levy to milk based drinks.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the potential impact of socio-economic disadvantage on future earnings.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what her planned timetable is for bringing forward a draft bill to ban conversion practices.