Apsana Begum MP: written questions
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Written questions
Domestic Abuse: CourtsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on the expansion of the provision of Specialist Domestic Abuse Courts.
Answer: This Government is committed to enhancing support for victims of domestic abuse and improving the criminal court’s response to domestic abuse cases.In our Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, the Government committed to rolling out Domestic Abuse Pr...
Answered 16 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: CourtsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on delivering Domestic Abuse Courts for victim-survivors in England and Wales.
Answer: This Government is committed to enhancing support for victims of domestic abuse and improving the criminal court’s response to domestic abuse cases.In our Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, the Government committed to rolling out Domestic Abuse Pr...
Answered 16 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMulti-academy Trusts: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an estimate of how many multi-academy trusts currently offer executive salaries above £174,000.
Answer: Academy trusts report pay information through their annual accounts returns using £10,000 salary bandings. The latest available annual accounts return data for the 2024/25 academic year states that 276 academy trusts reported pay exceeding £170,000.As set...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMulti-academy Trusts: Decision TakingDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department will be publishing new guidance for commissioning decisions regarding academy trusts.
Answer: To reflect the vision the government set out for the trust system in the ‘Every Child Achieving and Thriving’ White Paper, the department will be publishing new Trust Standards, including a pillar focused on community, and commissioning guidance to reflec...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment Assessment ReviewDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Timms Review Steering Group includes representation from people with lived experience of mental health conditions and PIP.
Answer: The Timms Review steering group has a diverse membership from a range of different backgrounds. Further information on steering group members can be found here: The Timms Review: Co-Chair Update, February 2026 - GOV.UK
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordRe-employmentDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to a) understand and b) reduce the impacts to workers of employers engaging in fire and rehire practices ahead of the Employment Rights Act rest
Answer: The government is delivering reforms to tackle unscrupulous fire and rehire practices. Employers will be deemed to have automatically unfairly dismissed an employee if they unilaterally change certain core terms and conditions, including reductions in pay...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to question 10230 answered on 16 June 2026, whether the a) equalities impacts assessments and b) outcomes resulting from the National Physical Laboratory review of Home Office Facial Age Esti
Answer: The policy on facial age estimation is still being developed, and the Home Office is currently undertaking rigorous testing and trialling of the technology throughout 2026. Subject to the results of the testing and trials, FAE is planned to be rolled out ...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordHigh Rise Flats: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the impacts on first-time buyers of non-qualifying leaseholder status being tied to a property in perpetuity, in cases where a prior leaseholder ow
Answer: Freeholders can charge holders of non-qualifying leases a share of remediation costs incurred, in line with the terms of the lease. However, all leaseholders may still be able to recover remediation costs from a former owner, developer or associated compa...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDrugs: USADepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of publishing an impact assessment for the US-UK Arrangement on Pharmaceuticals Pricing and Tariffs in which commercially sensitive materi
Answer: The UK-US Arrangement on Pharmaceutical Pricing and Tariffs is intended to support National Health Service patients’ access to innovative medicines, while strengthening the United Kingdom’s life sciences sector. The terms of the arrangement have been publ...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: CorrespondenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of his Department current response times to Members' enquiries.
Answer: The Department recognises that response times to enquiries from Members of Parliament have been impacted by increased volumes and the complexity of cases requiring detailed investigation. To address this, the Department has deployed additional resources t...
Answered 2 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPostpartum Haemorrhage: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether improving postpartum haemorrhage outcomes will be included in the forthcoming maternity and neonatal action plan.
Answer: NHS England is working to improve the timely clinical response to obstetric haemorrhage through the Maternal Care Bundle, which aims to improve the management of haemorrhage through timely identification, escalation, and response to obstetric bleeding, al...
Answered 2 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPostpartum Haemorrhage: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure adoption of innovations aimed at treating postpartum haemorrhage more effectively.
Answer: NHS England is working to improve the timely clinical response to obstetric haemorrhage through the Maternal Care Bundle, which aims to improve the management of haemorrhage through timely identification, escalation, and response to obstetric bleeding, al...
Answered 2 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPostpartum HaemorrhageDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address rates of postpartum haemorrhage in England.
Answer: NHS England is working to improve the timely clinical response to obstetric haemorrhage through the Maternal Care Bundle, which aims to improve the management of haemorrhage through timely identification, escalation, and response to obstetric bleeding, al...
Answered 2 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCommunity Relations: Tower HamletsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department has provided for organisations undertaking interfaith community activities in Tower Hamlets.
Answer: Interfaith relations are vital for strong, cohesive communities.The government is funding Inter Faith Week in November, which will provide a national platform for fostering positive interfaith relations across our communities and schools. Alongside this, ...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBangladesh: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her Bangladeshi counterparts on the potential risk that ordinances which guarantee the mandate of Bangladesh's National Human Rights C
Answer: The UK regularly engages with the Government of Bangladesh on a range of issues, including governance, human rights, and the rule of law. The former Minister for the Indo-Pacific met Bangladesh Prime Minister Rahman on 17 February and reinforced the UK's ...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBangladesh: DetaineesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her Bangladeshi counterparts regarding accountability for enforced disappearances in Bangladesh.
Answer: The UK regularly engages with the Government of Bangladesh on a range of issues, including governance, human rights, and the rule of law. The former Minister for the Indo-Pacific met Bangladesh Prime Minister Rahman on 17 February and reinforced the UK's ...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCorruption: BangladeshHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether authorities in the UK have commenced the process of repatriating assets to Bangladesh previously frozen after being identified as proceeds of corruption.
Answer: The UK is committed to fighting corruption and illicit finance both domestically and internationally. The UK is fully committed to recovering and returning corruptly obtained assets. This must be done in accordance with legal due process, which can take t...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many incidents of Israeli military action in Gaza have been assessed by her Department since September 2024; and how many of those incidents have been assessed as possibl
Answer: The findings of our International Humanitarian Law assessments are confidential. They have, however, led us to conclude that Israel is not committed to comply with International Humanitarian Law in Gaza. We have, therefore, suspended or refused export lic...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDomestic AbuseAttorney GeneralTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19115More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what steps his Department is taking to prioritise the bringing about of increases to the charging rate for the offence of coercive and controlling behaviour.
Answer: The introduction of controlling or coercive behaviour as a criminal offence in 2015 marked a fundamental shift in the criminal justice response to abuse, from focusing on individual incidents to recognising patterns of behaviour that entrench control, iso...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordUSA: Courts MartialMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many cases have prosecuting powers been ceded from his Department to US military courts, in relation to prosecuting offences against serving US military personnel, for each year of the last decade.
Answer: The Visiting Forces Act (1952) sets out the legal basis in the UK for how jurisdiction for criminal offences is decided between the UK civil authorities and any NATO or designated non-NATO Visiting Force military court martial. This is implemented in prac...
Answered 2 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAnti-Muslim Hostility: Hate CrimeHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the trends in the levels of anti-Muslim hate crime nationally, and what assessment she has made of the sufficiency of government data reporting on anti-Muslim ha
Answer: This Government is committed to tackling all forms of hate crime, including anti-Muslim hate crime, and to ensuring the safety and protection of all communities.The Home Office publishes official statistics on police-recorded hate crime in England and Wal...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordThames Water: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has made to Thames Water on its postponement of environmental improvements.
Answer: Thames Water must act in the best interest of their customers and the environment. Ofwat, with the support of Government, have been in conversation with the London and Valley Water Consortium (a group of Thames Water’s Creditors) regarding the terms of an...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordThames WaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Ofwat over its regulation of Thames Water.
Answer: Thames Water has statutory and regulatory obligations to both its customers and to the environment that it must meet, and we will continue to ensure they uphold them. Defra and Ofwat engage on relevant matters as appropriate to their respective roles.This...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordWater: Data CentresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made (a) an estimate of the projected water demand of data centres over the next ten years, and (b) an assessment of the sufficiency of UK water supplies to
Answer: Defra is working with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, the Environment Agency and water companies to improve understanding of data centre water demand. We are building the evidence base on water use, considering its implications...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordHomelessnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the ending of the Renters' Rights transition period on levels of homelessness.
Answer: The Government published its Impact Assessment for the Renters’ Rights Act on 22 November 2024, which can be found on gov.uk here. This found that the potential impact of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 on levels of homelessness would be a reduction in the n...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
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