Lauren Edwards

21 May 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Strategic Defence Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to implement the Strategic Defence Review.

26 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Health Services: Rochester and Strood

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to community-based healthcare in Rochester and Strood constituency.

23 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on delivering the Defence Housing Strategy; what the total planned investment is for upgrading military accommodation; and how many service homes are expected to benefit in R

5 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Beer: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to introduce a guest beer agreement in England.

5 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Financial Ombudsman Service

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans her Department has to establish service standards to improve the effectiveness of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS); and pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2025 to Question 77954 on Financial Ombuds

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: CCTV

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will give an update on her progress of appointment of an expert advisory group for the development of CCTV guidance for the early years sector.

19 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement UIN HCWS1044 on Pensions Update of 11 November 2025, what estimate his Department has made of the potential costs of delivering compensation in line with the Parl

19 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement UIN HCWS1044 on Pensions Update of 11 November 2025, what information his Department holds on the reasons that the findings of the 2007 research report did not le

19 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of State Pension age changes on 1950s-born women living in Rochester and Strood constituency.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Construction: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure adequate workforce capability to deliver (i) infrastructure and (ii) construction projects, in the context of recent cuts announced by the Construction

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

National Careers Service: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many professionally qualified Level 6 and 7 careers advisers the National Careers Service employs; and how this number will change under the planned new Jobs and Careers Service.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how people will access professional careers advice within the new Jobs and Careers Service.

3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2025 to Question 80707 on Hospitals: Special Educational Needs, if he will publish a breakdown by region of the over three million people who have completed the

22 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Nationals Abroad: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to provide support to families whose relatives have died abroad in suspicious circumstances.

15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that hospice contracts reflect (a) the cost of the services they provide and (b) the needs of their local populations.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what general training all hospital and general practice staff are expected to receive in order to understand the needs of neuro-divergent and autistic patients; and what plans he has to improve the

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the causes of economic inactivity related to poor health.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Older Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support older people to remain in work.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Mental Health: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to extend mental health education in schools to (a) colleges and (b) post-16 institutions.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Mental Health: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has any plans to reopen Senior Mental Health Lead training grants.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure SMEs can access (a) robust and (b) high-quality mental health training for staff.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to incentivise businesses to support the health of their workforce.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) transparency and (b) awareness of health support in workplaces.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Children: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to implement recommendation 1 of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel national review into safeguarding children with disabilities and complex needs in residential settings, published

13 May 2025 · Department for Education

Growth and Skills Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the time taken to publish guidance on funding rules and criteria for the Growth and Skills Levy on the number of apprenticeship starts in the 2

13 May 2025 · Department for Education

Growth and Skills Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of funding through the growth and skills levy will employers be able to spend on non-apprenticeship training.

13 May 2025 · Department for Education

Growth and Skills Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to provide guidance to (a) providers and (b) employers on the growth and skills levy.

13 May 2025 · Department for Education

Growth and Skills Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Growth and Skills Levy effectively reduces skills gaps identified by Skills England.

29 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Risk Management

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, whether she plans to provide (a) additional (i) funding and (ii) other resources and (b) guid

29 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Information Sharing

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to share data between Departments on matters that affect trends in the level of the cost of living.