Steve Darling

12 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoner Escorts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were not transported from (a) magistrates courts and (b) crown courts to prison in each of the last 5 years.

12 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoner Escorts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted criminals were not transported from Newton Abbott magistrates court to prison in the last five years.

5 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism: South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help support the tourism industry in the South West.

5 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Personal Care Services: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of low-cost, unregulated online beauty courses on (a) public safety and (b) professional standards.

5 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disease Control: Personal Care Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) review and (b) update the national (i) curriculum and (ii) accreditation frameworks for nail and beauty qualifications.

5 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disease Control: Personal Care Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) training and (b) accreditation for nail and beauty professionals reflect modern (i) hygiene and (ii) safety standards.

5 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disease Control: Personal Care Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered adopting (a) mandatory sterilisation equipment, (b) spot checks, (c) minimum qualification standards and (d) other international best practices for nail and be

5 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disease Control: Personal Care Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the regulation of nail and beauty salons in (a) the UK and (b) other European countries.

5 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disease Control: Personal Care Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered the introduction of (a) mandatory hygiene protocols and (b) licensing requirements for nail and beauty salons.

5 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disease Control: Personal Care Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor (a) cases of (i) parasitic infections and (ii) chemical sensitisation and (b) infection rates associated with poor hygiene practices in nail and beaut

4 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Better Care Fund: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much Better Care Fund funding has been provided to each health and wellbeing board to support unpaid carers in each of the last three financial years.

4 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Better Care Fund: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the evaluation commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Care Research on support for unpaid carers funded through the Better Care Fund undertaken in 2023-24.

4 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Better Care Fund: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the Better Care Fund will be spent on supporting unpaid family carers in the 2025-26 financial year; and how much was provided for (a) short breaks and (b) respite f

4 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Better Care Fund: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the cost to the public purse of supporting unpaid carers in England through the Better Care Fund in each of the last three financial years.

4 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Better Care Fund: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's plan Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England, when he plans to publish more information about the intended reforms to the Better Care Fund.

4 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Better Care Fund: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's plan Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England, whether the plans to reform the Better Care Fund will impact on the level of funding intended to support

31 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to expedite delayed biometric processing in Islamabad, Pakistan, for family members of people who assisted UK military operations in Afghanistan; and whether her

29 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pathways to Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 51603, if he will provide an update on when the Pathways to Work White Paper will be published.

28 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider extending access to cardiac screening to people aged 14 to 35 who participate in sport.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2025 to Question 82424 on Animal Experiments, which experiments does the alternative methods strategy include timelines for phasing out.

27 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Wait 45 policy on (a) ambulance release times and (b) levels of corridor care in hospitals.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what quality assurance is in place to ensure that when a licence is issued for small-scale digital deployment, the coverage delivered aligns with the planned coverage; and how her Depar

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telecommunications: South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on ensuring that there is adequate telecommunications coverage across the South West region.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Foster Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that independent fostering agencies receive adequate support to provide high-quality fostering services.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unpaid carers have been supported into work through his Department's employment support programmes in the last 12 months.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing specialist support measures to support unpaid carers into employment.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carers: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of supporting unpaid carers into employment on the economy.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carers: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support unpaid carers into paid employment.

20 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Authority Housing Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to announce the prospectus for round 4 of the local authority housing fund.

17 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

International Baccalaureate: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the potential number of redundancies as a result of changes in the level of funding for the International Baccalaureate in the state sector.