Damian Hinds

27 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Playgrounds: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Table 4.1 entitled Budget 2025 policy decisions in the Budget Red Book, line item 43, Investing in Communities: Provide funding to refurbish and improve up to 200 playgrounds in England, which Depa

20 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has undertaken research on the main causal factors of trends in the number of young children presenting with special needs.

20 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, at what geographical level deprivation criteria will be applied in Phase 3 of the School-based Nurseries programme.

20 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether maintained nursery schools will be eligible for capital funding in Phase 3 of the School-based Nurseries programme.

20 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, from when and how frequently she plans to publish estimations of the impact and effectiveness of RISE teams.

20 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, by what measures the impact and effectiveness of Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence (RISE) teams will be assessed.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Pedestrian Areas: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department are taking to improve the accessibility of streets for people with sight loss.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Connect to Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he will assess the potential merits of allowing local authorities to roll over unspent Connect to Work funding into the following year.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when her Department will publish its response to its recent consultation on Copyright and AI.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Museums and Galleries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will consider the potential merits of introducing a statutory definition of civic museums to include independent museums.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Museum Renewal Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the eligibility of the Museum Renewal Fund to include independent museums.

17 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Public Houses: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of (i) the economic impact and (ii) potential cost savings for the pubs sector of introducing a 20p reduction in the business rates multiplier for all pubs.

11 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Reading: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how she will measure the impact of the 2026 'Year of Reading' on children and young people.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Primary Education: School Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the speech at the Labour Party Conference of 29 September 2025, on what evidential basis it was said that 1,700 primary schools do not have a school library.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Primary Education: School Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government's ambition that every primary school should have a library, what funding will be available (a) for the staffing of the additional libraries, (b) for the provision

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Primary Education: School Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government's ambition that every primary school should have a library, how much funding will be available for (a) the building of libraries and (b) the conversion of existin

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Primary Education: School Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish interim indicators of progress towards the Government's ambition to add 1,700 primary school libraries.

4 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Repatriation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the press release entitled UK and Albania agree groundbreaking new arrangement on prisoner transfers, published on 24 May 2023, how many prisoners have been transferred under the agreement with

29 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

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.

28 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the costs incurred by schools for implementing smartphone bans during the school day.

28 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of schools' implementation of her Department's guidance entitled Mobile phones in schools, published on 19 February 2024.

28 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Smart Devices: Babies and Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what research her Department has commissioned on the potential impact of media content on electronic devices on (a) babies and (b) toddlers.

23 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2025 to Question 905924 on Health Services: Rehabilitation, what the percentage numbers were for causes of delayed discharge for (a) Hampshire Hospitals NHS Fou

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Answer of 21 October 2025 to Question 905924, what the equivalent percentage numbers were for other causes of delayed discharge in (a) Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and (

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation and Responsible Technology Adoption Unit: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2025 to Question 78098 on Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation and Responsible Technology Adoption Unit, how many full time equivalent staff there were in th

15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of step-down care in East Hampshire constituency.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Languages: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to funding levels on the language hubs programme.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Languages: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason his Department has reduced funding for the language hubs programme.

13 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that victims of high value Authorised Push Payment fraud are adequately protected under the mandatory reimbursement scheme.

13 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the role of SIM farms in facilitating authorised push payment fraud; and what steps her Department is taking to help tack