Steve Darling

30 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an Equality Impact Assessment has been carried out on the closure of his Department's Service and Support Centre (SSC) at Cotswald House Torquay.

30 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his oral contribution in response to the hon. Member for Torbay at Work and Pensions Oral Questions on 29 June 2026, Official Report, Column 605, when the offer of a meeting was made;

29 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will respond to the letter dated of 20 May 2026, my reference SD17565, your reference MPAM/1511614/26.

22 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Women's Health Hubs: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women's health hubs have been established in NHS Devon ICB; and what services they provide.

18 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Cats: Animal Breeding

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Animal Welfare Strategy for England, published on 22 December 2025, what her Department's planned timetable is for conducting a

18 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Animal Breeding

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Animal Welfare Strategy for England, published on 22 December 2025, what her Department's planned timetable is for launching th

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will consider the potential merits of extending the period of validity of a declaration of "No License Needed" to TV Licensing, when a person wants to declare that they do not need a TV li

12 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Kinship Care: Leave and Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking as part of the Parental Leave and Pay Review to enable kinship carers to access leave and pay entitlements.

12 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Kinship Care: Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress he has made through the parental leave and pay review in assessing the potential merits of introducing a statutory entitlement to paid leave for kinship carers comparable to entitl

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Vessels: Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to mandate remote electronic monitoring on fishing boats in UK waters.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Catches

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to publish Bycatch Action Plans for seabirds, cetaceans, seals, elasmobranches and protected fish species.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take legislative steps before the school summer holidays 2026 to increase protections for children against dangerous dogs.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take legislative steps to prohibit leaving children under the age of 12 unsupervised with dogs of any breed.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the prohibition on children being left unsupervised with banned breeds will be enforced; and what will the consequences of enforcement.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs: Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of re-issuing exemption certificates.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of mandatory third-party liability insurance for all dog owners.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs: Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the evidence base was for requiring third-party liability insurance for banned breeds; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing the requirement.

9 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the acquired brain injury action plan.

9 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will extend Oliver McGowan training to include acquired brain injury.

4 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which (a) external stakeholders and (b) disabled people’s organisations, have been consulted on the Transform Decision Making programme.

4 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what governance arrangements are in place for oversight of the Transform Decision Making programme.

4 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment (PIP) claimants are included in the Transform Decision Making pilot, expressed as both a percentage and number.

4 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Transform Decision Making programme was initiated.

3 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician and Anaesthesia Associate Professions Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of implementing the recommendations of the Leng Review on working relationships between doctors and (a) physician and (b) anaesthesia associates.

3 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician Assistants: Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many qualified physician associates and anaesthesia associates are not in employment.

3 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician and Anaesthesia Associate Professions Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to consider the viewpoints of physician associates and anaesthesia associates in ongoing regulatory consultations since the Leng Review.

3 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician and Anaesthesia Associate Professions Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department involved the professional bodies UMAPs and CMAPs before its acceptance of the Leng Review recommendations; and whether it has consulted them since.

2 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the positive role advanced technology can play in the reporting and prevention of violence against women and girls.

2 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Police: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to encourage police forces to adopt advanced technological innovations.

2 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Police: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of barriers to innovation and technology adoption across police forces; and what steps she is taking to break down those barriers to support crime prevention and pr