Mr Richard Holden

20 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with (a) regional adoption agencies and (b) local authorities to reduce the time taken for initial assessments for the Adoption Support Fund post adoption order.

20 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that provision of support services for adopters with newly placed children is geographically equitable.

20 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on creating a national matching service for adoption services.

20 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Office for Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what changes the Office for Students has made to the regulatory framework to (a) ensure value for money and (b) good outcomes for students since January 2024.

20 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Franchises

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report entitled Investigation into student finance for study at franchised higher education providers, published by the National Audit Office on 18 January 2024, what discussions she has h

20 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Cane Sugar

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to assist producers in driving sustainability in production of sugar that is refined in the UK.

16 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street: Government Art Collection

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 December 2024 to Question 20833 on 10 Downing Street: Art Works, if he will issue a Ministerial Correction with a working weblink to the Government Art Collection works from Downing

16 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Artificial Intelligence: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the AI tool entitled MOD: Textio, published on 17 December 2024, whether the tool has been programmed to (a) avoid unconscious bias and (b) promote equality, diversity and inclusion.

16 Jan 2025 · House of Commons Commission

Members' Interests

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what guidance the House of Commons issues to hon. Members on declaring reportable gifts, donations or hospitality which are returned or reimbursed within 2

15 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parish and Town Councils

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether it is her policy to introduce increased roles for parish and town councils.

15 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Academic Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her oral statement on 15 January 2025 on Higher Education Regulatory Approach, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of encouraging higher education institutions to adopt The Ch

15 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Foreign Influence Registration Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press release, Government reaffirms commitment to Free Speech in universities, published on 15 January 2025, when she will implement the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme.

15 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of very high-puff count vapes on trends in the level of youth vaping.

15 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Material Focus study entitled Big puff vapes are surging onto the market adding to the vape environmental crisis, p

15 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of provisions within the Tobacco and Vapes Bill on trends in the level of usage of very high puff-count vapes among young people.

15 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Honours: Forfeiture

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance on whether breaching the Business Appointment Rules is grounds for consideration by the Forfeiture Committee for the revocation of an honour.

15 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what diversity and inclusion (a) days and (b) weeks (i) his Department and (ii) the Office for Equality and Opportunity plans to mark in 2025.

15 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Succession Select search tool published by Cabinet Office and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, on 17 December 2024, if he will make an assess

15 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

48 Group

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister has met members of the 48 Group Club.

15 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Lord Mandelson has disposed of his lobbying interests on his appointment as Ambassador to the United States.

15 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street: Artworks

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2024 to Question 12231 on 10 Downing Street: Art Works, if he will list each of the other (a) works of art and (b) portraits that have been removed for restoration.

15 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Communication

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 16512 on Government Communication Service and his Department's statistical bulletin entitled Civil Service Statistics: 2024, last updated August 2024, for wh

15 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's policy document entitled Governance Code on Public Appointments, published on 8 February 2024, whether recruitment competitions for public appointments can be re-opened once cl

15 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Government Departments: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to make updates to the Financial Reporting Manual.

15 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Christmas Cards

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) people and (b) organisations were sent a hard copy official Christmas card delivered by Royal Mail from (i) the Prime Minister, (ii) the Cabinet Secretary, (iii) the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lanca

15 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Sanitation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the policy of the Government Property Agency is on (a) retaining or (b) removing gender neutral toilets from the Government Estate, in the context of building regulations on toilets for new and refurbished

15 Jan 2025 · Leader of the House

Government Departments: Written Questions

To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 18705 on Home Office: Equality, if she will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the adequacy of the time taken to respond to written parliamentary questions whe

15 Jan 2025 · Leader of the House

Arms Length Bodies: Parliamentary Questions

To ask the Leader of the House, what guidance her Department has issued on how the policy and work of non-ministerial departments can be scrutinised by (a) oral and (b) written Parliamentary Questions.

15 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Rachel Reeves

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer to return part of her salary.

14 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hereditary Diseases: Midwives and Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2025 to Question 22100 on Genetics: Diseases, how many additional (a) midwives and (b) close relative neonatal nurses were provided for the Genetic Risk Equity p