Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst

10 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many FTE civil servants were allocated to the Russia desk in each of the last three years for which data is available; and what their grades were.

10 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many full-time equivalent civil servants were allocated to the China desk in each of the last three years for which data is available; and what were their grades.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the number of civil servants working on the Defence Investment Plan has changed since June 2025.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel are working on the Defence Investment Plan.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants are working on the Defence Investment Plan.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Business: Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) small, (b) medium and (c) large businesses in the defence industry in (i) July 2024 and (ii) March 2026.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people employed in the defence industry in (a) July 2024 and (b) March 2026.

24 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the number of Remediable Service Statements issued to retired teachers; and whether her Department will publish these statistics on a regular basis.

23 Mar 2026 · Attorney General

Government Legal Department: Solicitors

To ask the Solicitor General, how many trainee solicitors who undertook a training contract with the Government Legal Department left upon completion in each of the past five years.

23 Mar 2026 · Attorney General

Government Legal Department: Barristers

To ask the Solicitor General, how many pupil barristers who undertook pupillage with the Government Legal Department left upon completion in each of the past five years.

23 Mar 2026 · Attorney General

Civil Proceedings

To ask the Solicitor General, how many applications to the High Court the Attorney General's Office has made in each of the past five years to designate an individual as a vexatious litigant.

19 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Eurasian Resources Group

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to monitor the proposed involvement of UK listed firms in a takeover of Eurasian Resources Group to ensure no benefit to sanctioned Russian entities.

18 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoner Escorts: Restraint Techniques

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to publish the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman's independent review into the use of restraints on pregnant women during hospital escorts between 2021 and 2025.

17 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoner Escorts: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer to written question 118611, what the policy rationale is for defining a delay under the Prisoner Escort and Custody Services (PECS) contracts, for the purposes of the relevant Contract Deli

16 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Science: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the 2009 Drayson partitions remain Government and UK Research and Innovation policy.

16 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Private Education: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the response of 16 March 2026 to question reference 118609, how much of the revenue raised from VAT on independent school fees was directly spent on teaching staff in the state sector.

10 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Diplomatic Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of diplomatic officers posted to China who are proficient in Chinese to C1 CEFR level or higher.

10 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Diplomatic Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of diplomatic officers posted to Russia who are proficient in Russian to C1 CEFR level or higher.

10 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Circumcision

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on complications arising out of non-therapeutic circumcision between 2020 and 2025.

10 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Criminal Investigation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds data on instances in which police forces have declined to investigate alleged serious criminal offences, including fraud, money laundering or organised crime, on the groun

6 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Circumcision

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent deaths related to non-therapeutic male circumcision.

6 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoner Escorts: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) performance standards and (b) key performance indicators on the timeliness of prisoner arrivals at court are set out within the contract for Prisoner Escort and Custody Services.

6 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Retail Trade: Antisocial Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is available to local authorities under the licensing regime to restrict the operating hours of retail premises where there is evidence of persistent antisocial behaviour linked to those

6 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Private Education: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the Exchequer raised from the introduction of VAT to private school fees between 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025.

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

Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish a definition of a significant adverse impact in the context of the National Planning Policy Framework.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Knives

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state-funded schools in England have a knife arch installed, broken down by region.

14 Jan 2026 · Attorney General

Crown Prosecution Service: Vacancies

To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January to Question 103029, on Crown Prosecution Service: Vacancies, how the vacancy rate for Crown Prosecutors as of the end of December 2025 compares the preceding five years, broken down by reg

12 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electromagnetic Fields: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice his Department has received from the UK Health Security Agency on the health impacts and emerging evidence concerning electromagnetic fields associated with public exclusion zone requir

5 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Veterinary Medicine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons on the interaction between specialist veterinary training pathways and the Skilled Worker visa salary requirements

5 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Landfill Tax: Exemptions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of potential reductions in dredging activity on levels of flood risk, in the context of (a) the removal of the Landfill Tax exemption for Air Pollution