Chris Bloore

9 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Poverty: Redditch

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of food insecurity levels among households in Redditch.

9 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Credit: Redditch

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of people in Redditch using credit to pay for essential household bills.

9 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Redditch

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of rising living costs on mental health outcomes in Redditch.

9 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of levels of child poverty linked to the cost of living crisis in Redditch.

9 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cost of Living Payments: Redditch

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Redditch are in receipt of cost of living support payments.

9 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Redditch

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the affordability of private rented housing in Redditch.

9 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Debts

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of trends in household energy debt in Redditch over the last two years.

9 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Inflation: Redditch

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of inflationary pressures on household finances in Redditch.

9 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cost of Living: Redditch

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on low-income households in Redditch.

29 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of grid connection lead times on the delivery of new housing developments.

29 May 2026 · Home Office

Cybersecurity: West Mercia Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of specialist cyber investigators within West Mercia Police.

29 May 2026 · Home Office

Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ransomware as a service operations were disrupted by the Regional Organised Crime Unit network in the 2025-26 financial year.

29 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking through the Integrated Risk and Intelligence Service to identify AI-generated employment scams.

29 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of progress toward achieving 99% gigabit accessibility in the West Midlands region by 2032.

29 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Manufacturing Industries: Innovation and Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking through the Industrial Strategy's research and development missions to expand innovation capacity in regional manufacturing hubs.

29 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Sovereign AI Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Sovereign AI Fund on reducing UK reliance on overseas AI infrastructure.

29 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on aligning AI-driven electricity demand forecasts with available grid capacity.

29 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Data Centres: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the impact of energy infrastructure procurement times on the delivery timeline for nationally significant data centres.

29 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Online Safety Act 2023 in requiring platforms to detect and label AI-generated content.

29 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Cybersecurity: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the resources required for essential service providers to comply with the mandatory incident reporting requirements of the Cyber Security and Resilience Bi

29 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to protect the NHS (a) brand and (b) logo from unauthorised AI-generated deepfake communications.

29 May 2026 · Department for Education

Financial Services and Innovation: Vocational Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps Skills England is taking to integrate (a) applied financial literacy and (b) technical innovation modules into Level 3 technical qualifications.

29 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking through the Energy Skills Passport to ensure a pipeline of specialist engineers for the (a) construction and (b) maintenance of energy infrastructure.

29 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

National Grid

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking through the Energy Resilience Strategy to mitigate risks to national grid stability.

29 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Natural Gas: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of global gas turbine supply chain lead times on the delivery of dispatchable power capacity.

29 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of network constraint payments on the unit cost of electricity for industrial consumers.

29 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Distribution

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to increase competition in the onshore connection market through the use of Independent Distribution Network Operators.

29 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Housing and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure the publication of regional substation capacity data to support demand-side connections for housing and industry.

29 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to scale-up finance for employee-owned businesses.

29 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

New Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of sector-specific industrial clusters on the number of high-growth start ups.