Sir Mel Stride

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of work coach appointments with Universal Credit claimants are conducted a) in person, b) online and c) on the telephone.

10 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of spending on the Early Learning for 2 year olds scheme is for non-working families.

9 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the spending on the Early Learning for 2 year olds scheme is accounted for by (a) families entitled via eligibility for certain benefits (b) families entitled because the child has an Education, Hea

9 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent on the Early Learning for 2 year olds scheme in each of the last five financial years for which data is available.

9 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Childcare: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the level of spending was on the 15 hours free childcare offer in each of the last five financial years for which data is available, broken down by a. working and b. non-working parents.

9 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Childcare: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her speech to Ruskin College on 8 July 2026, whether the expansion of the 30 hours free childcare entitlement to non-working parents is government policy.

9 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Childcare: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the expansion of the 30 hours free childcare entitlement to non-working parents.

9 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Childcare: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her speech to Ruskin College on 8 July 2026, what estimate her Department has made of the annual cost to the public purse of extending 30 hours free childcare eligibility to non-working parent

24 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Government Departments: Public Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of whether spending proposals from government departments could be delivered by the private sector.

21 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants were deemed LCWRA via the substantial risk provisions in each of the last 15 financial years expressed in (a) numerical terms and (b) as a proportion of the caseload.

21 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average estimated cost is of providing a PIP assessment (a) by telephone, (b) by video call and (c) face to face.

21 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Deductions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to reduce the maximum UC deduction rate on a) public sector net borrowing, b) public sector net debt, c) public sector net cash requir

21 May 2026 · Treasury

Armed Conflict: Middle East

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Oral Statement of 21 May 2026 on Middle East: Economic Response, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of each of the policy measures on the level of tax receipts to the

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Deductions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to reduce the maximum UC deduction rate on a) public sector net borrowing, b) public sector net debt, c) public sector net cash requir

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Deductions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what number of universal credit households in the most recent quarter for which data is available were subject to a deduction; and what proportion of these households were subject to the maximum percent

16 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Carbon Emissions: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what were tax receipts from Carbon Price Support in each of the last five financial years for which data is available.

16 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Carbon Emissions: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Statement of 16 April 2026 on Carbon Price Support, HCWS1519, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to tax revenues of abolishing Carbon Price Support in each financial year

14 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty: Children

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of total Air Passenger Duty receipts were attributable to passengers travelling with children under 16 in the most recent financial year for which data is available.

14 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of total Air Passenger Duty receipts was attributable to (a) domestic and short-haul flights and (b) long-haul flights in the most recent financial year for which data is available.

14 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Fuels: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much VAT revenue was raised from the sale of petrol and diesel in the last financial year for which data is available.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Interest rate cap introduced to protect Plan 2 borrowers, published on 7 April 2026, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public pur

25 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will list all changes to the UK tax system which will take effect from 6 April 2026, including changes to rates, thresholds, allowances and reliefs.

25 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Taxation: Statistics

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, why the statistics publication entitled Minor tax expenditures and structural reliefs on GOV.UK has not been updated since December 2024.

10 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Fuels: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HC Deb 9 March 2026, vol. 782 column 47, to which specific parliamentary votes was the Chancellor referring when she said opposition parties had voted against freezes in fuel duty.

20 Feb 2026 · Treasury

National Wealth Fund

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding is allocated to the National Wealth Fund for each financial year from 2024-25 onward, broken down by capital spending allocations and financial transactions.

20 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the difference is between the 250,000 retail, hospitality and leisure businesses benefitting from business rates relief, as cited in answer to question UIN 904249, and the 750,000 businesses benefitting from th

11 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the policy to write off 90% of local authority SEND debs will be funded.

11 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Public Houses: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the cost of the additional business rates support for pubs will be funded.

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the student loan outlay is by immigration status of the student cohort for the last five years for which data is available.

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of student loans issued in each of the last five years for which data is available were for students with a non-Common Travel Area immigration status.