Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst

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 increases in dredging disposal costs arising from the removal of the Landfill Tax exemption for Air Pollution Control residues on trends in levels o

5 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Landfill Tax: Exemptions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the average annual cost to the energy from waste and biomass sectors of the removal of the Landfill Tax exemption for Air Pollution Control residues.

5 Jan 2026 · Attorney General

Crown Prosecution Service: Vacancies

To ask the Solicitor General, what the current vacancy rate is for Crown Prosecutors, broken down by region.

5 Jan 2026 · Attorney General

Prosecutions

To ask the Solicitor General, what the average time taken by the Crown Prosecution Service to make a charging decision was in each of the last five years.

5 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were adjourned due to lack of judicial availability in the last 12 months.

5 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Crown Court: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the outstanding caseload is in the Crown Court, broken down by offence category and region.

5 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Chagos Islands

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the potential impact of any change in sovereignty over the British India

16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Aerials: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answers of 15 December 2025 to Questions 98222, 98223, 98224, and 98225, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the accuracy of ICNIRP self-certification

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish a revised delivery timeline for issuing all outstanding Remedial Service Statements to retired teachers affected by Transitional Protection.

10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Juries

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the impact assessment for the removal of the right of defendants to elect for a jury trial.

10 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how often meetings are held to discuss NHS England’s Urgent and Emergency Care Daily Situation Reports.

10 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Minister is attending meetings to discuss NHS England’s Urgent and Emergency Care Daily Situation Reports.

8 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Probate

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of measures to improve the timeliness of probate claims.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telecommunications: Aerials

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many instances of non-compliance with ICNIRP public exclusion zone requirements for telecommunications masts have been identified in each of the last five years; and what enforcemen

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telecommunications: Aerials

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to introduce mandatory third-party verification of ICNIRP compliance for telecoms mast installations above a specified power threshold.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telecommunications: Aerials

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what guidance she has issued to local planning authorities on verifying ICNIRP self-certification against actual site conditions and public access restrictions.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telecommunications: Aerials

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the accuracy of ICNIRP self-certification declarations submitted by telecommunications operators in respect of public exclusion zones for

8 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released in error since 5 July 2024 by prison.

8 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Police: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds for each police force on the time taken to resolve complaints brought in relation to policing standards and policy.

1 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax: Foster Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of exempting foster carers from Council Tax in whole or in part.

1 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Foster Care: Care Leavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the maximum age for post-foster care arrangements to age 25.

17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that concerns raised by NHS whistleblowers on patient safety are (a) recorded, (b) escalated and (c) reviewed.

17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff were subject to Maintaining High Professional Standards procedures in each of the last five years.

17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Trusts: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current national oversight arrangements for the implementation of the framework set out in the document Maintaining High Professional Standards proced

12 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the prevalence of the use of Class (a) A, (b) B and (c) C drugs in NHS Mental Health Facilities.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Origin Marking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that where objections to a Geographical Indication (GI) application are upheld under assimilated Regulation (EU) 2019/787 the applicant bo

13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Royal Military Academy: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of charging members of Overseas Territory Regiments home rates rather than overseas rates for attendance at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Cadets

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a Cadet Forces Day as part of Armed Forces Week.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of mandating specialist dementia care homes to complete the Herbert Protocol for all residents with dementia.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's recruitment targets for each branch of the armed forces are for (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27.