Shivani Raja

17 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that endometriosis is consistently and adequately covered in the education and training of healthcare practitioners.

17 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms are in place to monitor local authorities’ compliance with statutory duties relating to high needs element 3 funding; and whether her Department plans to strengthen oversight to ensure that all

17 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Further Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the consistency of local authorities’ approaches to allocating high needs element three funding to further education colleges; and whether her Departme

20 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Assisted Voluntary Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse has been of the Voluntary Return scheme, including (a) financial assistance payments, (b) flights and travel costs, (c) casework and staffing costs and (d) reintegrat

20 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Assisted Voluntary Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who departed the UK under a voluntary return scheme subsequently (a) re-entered the UK unlawfully and (b) made a further asylum claim within five years of departure.

20 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of Vehicle Excise Duty receipts was (a) allocated to and (b) spent on road repair and maintenance in the 2024-25 tax year.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding she has allocated to National Highways for ongoing repairs and maintenance of motorways and strategic A roads in addition to funding provided in the Autumn Budget 2025.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to provide incentives to Local Highway Authorities to achieve green ratings under traffic light rankings for pothole repairs; and whether she plans to impose consequences on

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the funding allocated to Local Highway Authorities for pothole repairs.

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

CPR: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department issues to first aid training providers on anatomical differences between men and women relevant to the delivery of CPR.

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

CPR: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the predominant use of male CPR manikins in first aid training on survival outcomes for women experiencing cardiac arrest.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Overseas Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the number of UK businesses that have relocated overseas since July 2024; and what information his Department holds on the reasons for those relocations.

10 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of SEND transport contracts on local authority spending; and whether she plans to introduce annual cost caps.

10 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

School Meals: Nutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to a) improve the nutritional quality of school meals and b) increase the use of British produced food and ingredients in schools.

10 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department is taking steps to help reduce the rate of Air Passenger Duty for (a) domestic flights and (b) flights to European destinations.

10 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Social Security Benefits: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has any plans to make (a) Universal Credit, (b) Employment and Support Allowance, and (c) Housing Benefit taxable state benefits.

10 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Estate Agents: Consumers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that estate agents comply with existing consumer protection law; to help support effective enforcement action against rogue operators who mislead cons

10 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Students: Loans

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the evidential basis for the decision to freeze the student loan repayment threshold for graduates; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of this on graduates' disposable incomes.

10 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures are being taken to ensure student safety on university campuses in (a) Leicester, (b) the East Midlands, and (c) the UK.

10 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals convicted of sexual offences have been sentenced to immediate custody during the current Parliament; and what percentage of all individuals convicted of sexual offences received an immediate

10 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who leave higher education having completed their course and subsequently claim out-of-work benefits within (a) three months, (b) six months and

10 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who leave higher education without completing their course and subsequently claim out-of-work benefits within (a) three months, (b) six months an

10 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance her department provides on ensuring that sports facilities and stadia in (a) Leicester, (b) the East Midlands and (c) the UK are safe and welcoming environments for women and girls.

10 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department provides to increase participation in grassroots sport in (a) Leicester and (b) Leicestershire.

10 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the level of digital exclusion in Leicester; and what steps she is taking to improve the level of digital skills and access.

10 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hereditary Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department plans to issue guidance on the potential risks of genetic defects in children born from consanguineous relationships.

10 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hereditary Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role his Department played in the development, approval, or distribution of guidance to NHS midwives which stated that consanguineous marriage had “benefits” and that the prevalence of genetic

10 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: East Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of NHS patients in a) Leicester b) Leicestershire and c) the East Midlands were referred to private health providers for treatment in the last twelve months.

10 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the relationship between housing supply and economic growth in a) Leicester b) Leicestershire and c) the East Midlands.

10 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the number of new homes that could be delivered by reducing the average time taken to determine planning applications.