Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to provide a substantive Answer to Question 68513 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Repairs and Maintenance.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

National Armaments Director Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what key performance indicators he plans to publish on the impact of the National Armaments Director Group on defence procurement.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many proposals have been funded through the Defence and Security Accelerator delivering operational advantage via improved self-sufficiency competition.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 904908 on Defence: Investment, when his Department plans to publish the Defence Investment Plan.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft and Spacecraft: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent in (a) cash terms and (b) constant prices in the UK (i) aircraft and (ii) spacecraft industry in the last 20 years.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence Equipment: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent overseas on (a) equipment and (b) equipment support in 2024-25 by country.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Interpreters

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to introduce a remuneration and conditions framework for court interpreters ahead of the October 2026 target date to support the sustainability of the systems.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Interpreters

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of existing remuneration rates and contractual terms in attracting and retaining Level 6 qualified interpreters to undertake work in the courts.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Interpreters

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to to the Independent Technical Review of Qualifications and Experience Requirements for the Provision of Spoken Language Interpreting, published on 17 March 2025, what steps his Department is taki

15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure children presenting with obsessive compulsive disorder receive timely assessment and treatment within CAMHS.

15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on the provision of (a) peer-support and (b) community-based networks for parents and carers of children with obsessive compulsive disorder.

15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce specific waiting time targets for the assessment and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder in children.

10 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities are implementing the changes introduced in November 2024 to exempt all veterans from local connection require

4 Sep 2025 · Attorney General

Prosecutions

To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions the Crown Prosecution Service has discontinued in the last three years; and for what reasons.

4 Sep 2025 · Attorney General

Crown Prosecution Service: Standards

To ask the Solicitor General, what the average time taken is from referral to charging decision by the Crown Prosecution Service.

4 Sep 2025 · Attorney General

Crown Prosecution Service: Recruitment

To ask the Solicitor General, how many additional prosecutors the Crown Prosecution Service has recruited in each of the last three years.

4 Sep 2025 · Attorney General

Crown Prosecution Service

To ask the Solicitor General, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of resources available to the Crown Prosecution Service to meet current case volumes.

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

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2025 to Question 69586 on Food Supply, which (a) supermarkets and (b) food producers he has met with to discuss mitigating the risk of shortages t

3 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Shipbuilding

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to increase shipbuilding capacity.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Financial Services: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) apprentices and (b) young entrepreneurs have access to financial education.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Education

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of improved financial literacy in schools on levels of personal debt among young adults.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Education

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on strengthening financial education to improve long-term financial resilience among young people.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Financial Services: Primary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to expand financial education provision to primary schools.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Financial Services: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is available to teachers to improve (a) confidence and (b) skills in delivering financial education.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Financial Services: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the curriculum in preparing young people for dealing with (a) debt, (b) savings, (c) the cost of living and (d) other financial issues.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Police: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of reducing the physical fitness standards required of serving police officers on (a) public safety and (b) operational effectiven

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has allocated to support (a) leisure, (b) recreation and (c) entertainment activities for people accommodated in asylum contingency hotels since July 2024.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Family Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many open family cases there were in each Designated Family Judge area as of 23 July 2025, broken down by (a) public law and (b) private law; and what proportion of those cases involved litigants in person.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for the national rollout of digital education, health and care plans.

22 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence: Community Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of violent crime on community cohesion in high-incidence areas.