To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help ensure the effective prosecution of people smugglers.

To ask the Solicitor General, whether her Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to tackle stalking.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Civil Service of implementing the proposed EHRC Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost of maintaining a consistent interpretation and application of the proposed EHRC Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations across different business sectors.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the powers of employment tribunals to seize and destroy lists of blacklisted workers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with industry representatives on the potential impact of the EU's revised Drinking Water Directive on (a) product standards and (b) market access.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many youth centres were closed in England between 2010 and 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Football Governance Code will stipulate requirements for independent directors to be included in a club's governance structure.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department plans to provide to football clubs to (a) embed improved governance and (b) meet the requirements of the independent football regulator.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Football Governance Code will stipulate requirements for independent directors to be included in a club's governance structure.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the contribution of football clubs to local economies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of commissioning a review into event booking fees.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to incentivise the building of television and film studios in the (a) regions and (b) West Midlands.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how does the new Ofsted inspection framework measure and assess workforce inclusion, particularly for neurodivergent and disabled teachers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the proportion of neurodivergent and disabled teachers currently working in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the standard of writing in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) universities since 2015.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that students can continue to study applied general qualifications from September 2025.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to improve the (a) safeguarding and (b) wellbeing of children with allergies in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential role of Great British Energy, including through a retail arm, in delivering a social tariff or national energy guarantee to support households facing high energy costs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions he has had with Ofgem regarding the designation of Great British Energy as a supplier of last resort, to strengthen market stability and protect consumers from future supplier failures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to provide support for rural households to switch renewable liquid heating fuels in the Warm Homes Plan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the planned consultation on hunting with dogs will accept submissions on potential amendments to Schedule 1 of the Hunting Act 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her department has made of the suitability of the penalties available under the Hunting Act 2004; and whether the planned consultation on trail hunting will include consideration of Part 2 of that Act.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department holds information on the number of independent UK veterinary practices that offer out-of-hours emergency care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of a variable rate of deposit for the Deposit Return Scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the benefits of introducing statutory recycling targets for local authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his (a) plans and (b) priorities are for tackling animal cruelty (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the EU's revised Drinking Water Directive on UK manufacturers of water-related products; and what steps he is taking to support businesses to meet the new compliance…

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the divergence between (a) UK and (b) EU regulations on products in contact with drinking water; and whether he is taking steps to help with additional compliance costs for companies supplying the…

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that proposed increases to consumer water bills are used for infrastructure investment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of her Department taking an equity stake in artificial intelligence companies as part of its Sovereign AI Strategy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to encourage frontier artificial intelligence laboratories to establish significant operations in the United Kingdom, including through public co-investment and support for UK capital markets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the personal data of UK citizens held by UK companies but stored on US-based servers is protected from access under (a) the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate…

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with (a) civil society and (b) animal protection organisations on ending animal testing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with British Transport Police on its decision to not investigate bike thefts outside stations in cases where the bicycle has been left for more than two hours.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost of implementing the proposed EHRC Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations on public transport providers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the British Parking Association on the recommended size of car parking spaces.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bus routes were closed in Worcestershire between 2010 and 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to review the safety measures and responsibilities of local authorities on water crossings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many registered food banks were created between 2010 and 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the merits of placing job centre staff in supported housing sites.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reviewing how student loans for maintenance are taken into account when calculating Universal Credit entitlement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people claiming the health top-up on Universal Credit are aged between 18 and 21 years old.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people claiming universal credit under the age of 25 are living (a) in someone else's home and (b) independently.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged between 16 and 18 were in receipt of Universal Credit on 18 March 2025.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people under the age of 25 are receiving Universal Credit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason there is an age differential between the national living wage age band and the lower universal credit band.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people who are (a) in receipt of Universal Credit and (b) under the age of 25 are parents.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the lower rate of Universal Credit for people under 25 years old on those people.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many single parent families are affected by the two-child limit for benefits by the gender of the parent.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to review the age brackets for Universal Credit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to abolish all Child Maintenance Service for parents with care who are victim-survivors of domestic abuse.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total amount payable was to people in receipt of the Bereavement Support Payment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants have received the Bereavement Support Payment since April 2017.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the written statement of 23 February 2026 on Clinical trials, HCWS1347, what steps his Department plans to take to help support young people experiencing gender incongruence in the period until the PATHWAYS trial resumes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a national strategy for palliative and end of life care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the additional funding for the NHS announced on 11 June 2025 will be allocated to NHS dentistry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of local variation in access to and quality of palliative and end of life care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce variation in the approaches of commissioners in meeting the local population's needs for palliative and end of life care services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the early identification of palliative care needs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce emergency hospital admissions involving people who are in the last 12 months of life.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of deaths in hospital.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the palliative care workforce is able to cope with increases in demand for end of life care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to publish the (a) recoveries, (b) write‑offs and (c) associated costs for each supplier of PPE as part of his investigation into PPE procurement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to support GPs (a) with professional training and (b) to update their clinical knowledge on the less survivable cancers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total expenditure of NHS England on agency staff was in each of the last three years; and what plans his Department has to reduce the use of agency employees.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with a diagnosis of dementia have needed to sell their home to pay for care costs in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to fund a review to explore the extent to which surgical intervention can alleviate the symptoms experienced by individuals with pineal cysts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to support research to develop an early-diagnosis test for Lyme disease infection.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of when the NHS will be meet its target of 92% of people waiting for elective mental health treatment waiting no longer than 18 weeks from referral to their first treatment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to extend independent prescribing responsibilities to Occupational Therapists under the Medicines and Medical Devices Act (2021) where it is safe to do so.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the affordability of prescriptions on people with long-term conditions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to promote the use of Prescription Prepayment Certificates.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's timetable is for the commencement of dentist contract renegotiations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve health outcomes for survivors of acquired brain injuries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendations of the report by the Getting It Right First Time programme entitled Maternity and Gynaecology, published in September 2021, what steps his Department is taking to provide primary care practitioners with…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of increasing access to long-acting reversible contraception for heavy menstrual bleeding in primary care on (a) waiting times and (b) demand for secondary care gynaecology…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of Getting It Right First Time's guidance entitled Heavy Menstrual Bleeding, published in October 2021; and whether he plans to implement their recommendations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a cancer strategy which includes measures on tackling (a) pancreatic and (b) other less survivable cancers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England on (a) renewing the national maternity safety ambitions beyond 2025 and (b) amending those ambitions to include reducing inequalities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to implement the policies in the policy paper entitled Women’s Health Strategy for England, published on 20 July 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Primary Care Networks have used the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme to fund enhanced practice nurse roles to deliver specialist dementia nursing support in primary care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of specialist dementia nurses working in Acute Trusts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce a National Brain Tumour Strategy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many integrated care boards had strategies in place to meet the needs of local populations affected by dementia (a) as of 28 October 2024, (b) in 2023 and (c) in 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve (a) diagnosis, (b) treatment and (c) ongoing care for (i) endometriosis, (ii) polycystic ovary syndrome and (iii) other menstrual health conditions in (A) Redditch and (B) England; and what steps he is…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to update the NHS website to include up-to-date information on menstrual health conditions using (a) plain and (b) accessible English.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the (a) information and (b) resources on menstrual health conditions provided to primary healthcare professionals to help (i) diagnosis and (ii) referrals to specialist treatment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been waiting over six months to access CAMHS support in (a) Redditch and (b) Worcestershire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) hospices there are in the UK and (b) patients are supported by hospices on average each year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the list of medical conditions for which a medical exemption certificate for free NHS prescriptions may be issued.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support is available to British citizens travelling from countries outside of the Middle East on visas that expire before they are able to return to the UK as a result of journeys that have been cancelled due to…

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of aid from the UK destined for Gaza that has reached its intended recipients.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help ensure that UNWRA's work in Gaza can resume.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether their Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police front counters were closed between 2010 and 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) asylum hotel and (b) community accommodation in each year between 2010 and 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether their Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to establish a public inquiry into the Birmingham pub bombings.

To ask the Leader of the House, whether their Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the strategic risks to the United Kingdom arising from frontier artificial intelligence capability being concentrated in a small number of overseas jurisdictions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether their Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill on levels of supply of housing-with-care for older people.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill on the availability of housing-with-care for older people.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the use of contract-based tenures in older people's housing-with-care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to build affordable homes for young people.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will hold discussions with local authorities on increasing the provision of furniture for (a) vulnerable people, (b) families with young children and (c) people who have escaped domestic violence living in social…

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Decent Homes Stand to ensure at least 10% of social rent homes are offered as furnished.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that all new social housing developments include a proportion of homes to be let as furnished.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of making the use of Nazi (a) symbolism and (b) salutes illegal in non-academic settings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether their Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many council houses were built in the West Midlands between 2010 and 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the residential conveyancing system to (a) speed up and (b) reduce costs to users.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people live in temporary accommodation in each region.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department and the Legal Aid Agency have taken to notify individuals whose personal data was compromised in the April 2025 cyber-attack; whether the Legal Aid Agency has notified affected people directly; and what criteria are being used by…

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were impacted by the cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency’s IT systems on 23 April 2025; what categories of (a) personal and (b) sensitive data were (i) accessed and (ii) taken; and what security measures were in place to protect the…

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Legal Aid Agency informed the Information Commissioner’s Office of the April 2025 data breach within the required statutory timescale; what investigations have been launched by her Department or the ICO into the breach; and whether her…

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support is being provided by (a) the Legal Aid Agency and (b) her Department to people whose data was compromised in the April 2025 cyber-attack; and whether those affected have been offered access to (i) credit monitoring, (ii) identity protection…

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to introduce a panel of independent experts to review IPP cases to advise on resentencing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children's voices are included in family court cases.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether their Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether their Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether their Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has assessed the potential merits of public equity investment in frontier artificial intelligence companies in encouraging those firms to list or dual-list on UK capital markets.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of Brexit on the economy.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of outstanding (a) loans and (b) debts liable to the UK from lower-income countries.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether their Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review the list price at which motorists are required to pay additional car tax.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent estimate she has made of the costs for businesses to train staff on the requirements of the proposed EHRC Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations.