Helen Hayes

21 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Development: English Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the policy paper entitled Protecting What Matters: Towards a more confident, cohesive, and resilient United Kingdom, if he will set out the (a) timeline and (b)

21 May 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Performance Appraisal

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure (a) support plans and (b) informal capability procedures are appropriately used to (i) improve staff performance and (ii) retain staff.

21 May 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Performance Appraisal

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of teachers placed on (a) support plans and (b) informal capability procedures in each of the last five years.

21 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Metropolitan Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she intends to provide further funding to the Metropolitan Police's Operation Martello programme.

3 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact on the transparency of UK overseas development assistance.

3 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact on the effectiveness of UK overseas development assistance spending.

30 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps is she taking to ensure future scrutiny and transparency of UK overseas development and assistance.

30 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Independent Commission for Aid Impact: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what engagement has she had with the a) Independent Commission for Aid Impact and b) recipients of UK overseas development assistance, on future funding for the ICAI.

30 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Independent Commission for Aid Impact: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding was given by her Department to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact in each of the last five years.

28 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Immigration: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her department has made of the impact of failing to resolve the immigration status of children in care before turning 18.

28 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Immigration: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her department is taking to ensure that every child in care has their immigration status resolved before turning 18.

28 Jan 2026 · Home Office

British Nationality: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that citizenship application fees are affordable for children who need to regularise their immigration status.

12 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the full list of members of her Department’s SEND Development Group, the criteria for membership of this group and the dates on which the group has met.

12 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the terms of reference of the Department’s SEND Development Group.

16 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) NHS Talking Therapy trainees and (b) Band 7 CBT therapist posts have been created in (i) Lambeth and (ii) Southwark in each of the last five years.

16 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of Band 7 CBT therapist posts created in each of the last five years.

16 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of applications for NHS Talking Therapies trainee positions.

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has she made of potential conflicts of interest for individuals and companies awarded contracts to deliver the Behaviour and Attendance Ambassador's Programme.

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the Equality Impacts Assessment made of the Behaviour and Attendance Ambassador's Programme.

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has she made of the performance of her Department's Behaviour and Attendance Ambassadors Programme, with reference to absence and exclusions of pupils with SEND or mental ill health.

1 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps with the Department for Transport to improve emissions monitoring and enforcement mechanisms to prevent future breaches of vehicle emissions law.

1 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Diesel Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential lessons learned from other countries on tackling historic diesel emissions; and how this informs the UK’s approach to integrating tran

1 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to include measures within future energy and climate plans to offset or remediate the environmental and public-health impacts of illegally high vehicle emissions.

1 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential health and social impacts of illegal vehicle emissions on communities living in areas that already breach air-quality standards; and how those findings i

1 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has held with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Secretary of State for Transport regarding cross-government action to address illegal

1 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Diesel Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that emissions from non-compliant diesel vehicles are fully accounted for in the modelling and monitoring underpinning the UK’s Net Zero Strategy.

1 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Diesel Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of non-compliant diesel vehicles on the UK’s ability to meet its legally binding carbon budgets and net-zero targets.

1 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the contribution of illegally high vehicle emissions arising from the use of defeat devices to overall UK nitrogen oxide and greenhouse gas emissions levels.

26 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Young Futures Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects the national rollout of Young Futures Hubs to begin.

26 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Young Futures Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what cross party work is taking place on the development of Young Futures Hubs.