Rebecca Paul MP: written questions
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Conversion Therapy: Victim Support SchemesWomen and EqualitiesTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19675More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many contacts with the Government-funded conversion practice Victim Support Service in each financial year since 2022-23 were made by (a) telephone, (b) email, (c) webchat and (d) other means; and how many
Answer: The Victim Support Service is a government-funded helpline and specialist support service that is available to anyone who is at risk of, is experiencing, or has been through a conversion practice.Currently operated by Galop, the UK’s leading LGBT+ anti-vi...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordConversion Therapy: Victim Support SchemesWomen and EqualitiesTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19674More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many (a) contacts and (b) unique individuals used the Government-funded conversion practice Victim Support Service in each financial year since 2022-23; and how many of those individuals reported that they
Answer: The Victim Support Service is a government-funded helpline and specialist support service that is available to anyone who is at risk of, is experiencing, or has been through a conversion practice.Currently operated by Galop, the UK’s leading LGBT+ anti-vi...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGambling: Horse RacingDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the Gambling Commission's proposed affordability checks for bets of more than £1,000 on the horse racing industry.
Answer: The Government recognises the significant contribution that racing makes to British sporting culture and its importance to the British economy. Horseracing is the only sport in receipt of a direct government-mandated levy which helps to drive improvements...
Answered 22 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: Supply ChainsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the inability of new suppliers to join NHS Supply Chain frameworks during their term on innovation, competition and patient access to new medi
Answer: The NHS Supply Chain is committed to ensuring that its procurement arrangements support competition, innovation, and value for money for the National Health Service, while remaining compliant with the Procurement Act 2023 and other applicable legislation....
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: Supply ChainsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of closed NHS Supply Chain framework agreements on opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises to supply goods and services to the NHS.
Answer: The NHS Supply Chain is committed to ensuring that its procurement arrangements support competition, innovation, and value for money for the National Health Service, while remaining compliant with the Procurement Act 2023 and other applicable legislation....
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: Supply ChainsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider introducing annual admission windows for suppliers seeking to join NHS Supply Chain framework agreements, subject to meeting relevant qualification requirements.
Answer: The NHS Supply Chain is committed to ensuring that its procurement arrangements support competition, innovation, and value for money for the National Health Service, while remaining compliant with the Procurement Act 2023 and other applicable legislation....
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordData Protection: USADepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has assessed the potential implications of the US Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Slaughter for (a) the enforcement of the UK Extension to the EU-US Data Pri
Answer: The DSIT Secretary of State is required to monitor developments in all jurisdictions with a UK adequacy decision, including the US, to ensure that UK personal data continues to be protected to the UK’s high data protection standards. The Government has no...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordElderly: CarersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to develop dedicated support for adults caring for or coordinating care for ageing parents, including those supporting parents with frailty and dementia; and whether such support
Answer: The My Carer tool will give family, friends, and carers, including those looking after someone with dementia, access to the NHS App. This will ensure decisions are agreed and taken by those who best know the patient, who may not be able to make those deci...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: EU CountriesHome OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has assessed the potential impact on UK nationals of inaccurate records being held on the EU Entry/Exit System (EES); and whether the Government has made representations to the European Co
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of accurate records in the EU Entry/Exit System (EES). As EES is an EU-led scheme, and responsibility for the accuracy of data held within the system, and for the rectification of that data, rests with the EU and p...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPlanning Inspectorate: EmailMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Planning Inspectorate email inbox is closed to responses.
Answer: The Planning Inspectorate has a general customer enquiries email address that remains open for customer queries. Where interested parties are permitted to submit representations, they may do so via the Planning Inspectorate's website, which can be found o...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: AppealsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will review the Fast Track Appeal Process used by the Planning Inspectorate to enable residents to engage with the appeal process.
Answer: The expedited written representations planning appeal procedure, first introduced in 2009, was recently expanded to a broader range of appeals so that all planning appeals against decisions on applications made on or after 1 April 2026 may be decided thro...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordGatwick Airport and Heathrow Airport: Air RoutesDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the Civil Aviation Authority and airport operators regarding the coordination of flight paths from Heathrow and Gatwick during easterly operations; if she will consi
Answer: The department and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) have set up the new UK Airspace Design Service to take forward the airspace change proposals for the complex London airspace, including for Heathrow and Gatwick airports. It will deliver interdependent air...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordGatwick Airport and Heathrow Airport: Air RoutesDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact on Reigate and Redhill of overlapping flight paths from Heathrow and Gatwick airports; and whether her Department plans to improve coordination between the two airport
Answer: The Department and Civil Aviation Authority have set up the new UK Airspace Design Service to take forward the airspace change proposals for the complex London airspace, including for Heathrow and Gatwick Airports.It will deliver interdependent airspace c...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Redundancy PayMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason the final 2025–26 departmental pay settlement was not applied to staff who left the Department under the Voluntary Exit Scheme after being employed on the date fr
Answer: The 2025/26 pay award reflected an exceptional pay flexibility agreement, reached following negotiations with the recognised Trade Unions and approved within the Civil Service pay framework. The award was based on clearly defined criteria that targeted in...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12308More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of delays in the administration of Civil Service pensions following the transfer of pension administration responsibilities to Capita on those pension holders;
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded Capita the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme in November 2023 under the previous government. The current delays facing scheme members are entirely unacceptable, and this Government has taken firm action to ...
Answered 3 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAdoption: LGBT+ PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s statistical release entitled Children looked after in England including adoption, last updated 20 November 2025, how many children looked after were adopted in England in the
Answer: The department publishes information on the sex of adopters, including a breakdown by legal status, in Table E3 of the ‘Children looked after in England, including adoptions’ statistics release, which is available at: https://explore-education-statistics....
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAdoptionDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds data on the age of adopters in cases where children are adopted from care; and whether that data can be cross-tabulated with the age of the child at adoption and the sex composition
Answer: The department publishes information on the sex of adopters, including a breakdown by legal status, in Table E3 of the ‘Children looked after in England, including adoptions’ statistics release, which is available at: https://explore-education-statistics....
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAdoptionDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were adopted from care in England in each of the last five years by different-sex couples, broken down by the age band of the child at the date of the adoption order and the age band of the ad
Answer: The department publishes information on the sex of adopters, including a breakdown by legal status, in Table E3 of the ‘Children looked after in England, including adoptions’ statistics release, which is available at: https://explore-education-statistics....
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAdoptionDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were adopted from care in England in each of the last five years by same-sex couples, broken down by the age band of the child at the date of the adoption order and the age band of the adopter
Answer: The department publishes information on the sex of adopters, including a breakdown by legal status, in Table E3 of the ‘Children looked after in England, including adoptions’ statistics release, which is available at: https://explore-education-statistics....
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAdoptionDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were adopted from care in England by different-sex couples in each of the last five years, broken down by the age of the child at the date of the adoption order.
Answer: The department publishes information on the sex of adopters, including a breakdown by legal status, in Table E3 of the ‘Children looked after in England, including adoptions’ statistics release, which is available at: https://explore-education-statistics....
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAdoptionDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were adopted from care in England in each of the last five years, broken down by the age of the child at the date of the adoption order and whether the adopters were recorded as a same-sex cou
Answer: The department publishes information on the sex of adopters, including a breakdown by legal status, in Table E3 of the ‘Children looked after in England, including adoptions’ statistics release, which is available at: https://explore-education-statistics....
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGraffitiDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of retail sale of graffiti spray-paints and related products on levels of criminal damage and vandalism; and whether she plans to i
Answer: No assessment has been made of the potential impact of retail sale of graffiti spray-paints and related products on levels of graffiti. We have no plans to restrict sales of such products. Local councils can take enforcement action to tackle graffiti, suc...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTransport: HydrogenDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with counterparts in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on coordinating low-carbon hydrogen production and end-use demand within the transport sector.
Answer: The Government recognises that renewable hydrogen and its derived fuels have an important role to play in decarbonising transport applications where alternatives such as electrification are limited, particularly in aviation and in the maritime sector, whe...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: HydrogenDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential role of hydrogen-powered vehicles in decarbonising hard-to-electrify transport modes.
Answer: The Government recognises that renewable hydrogen and its derived fuels have an important role to play in decarbonising transport applications where alternatives such as electrification are limited, particularly in aviation and in the maritime sector, whe...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTransport: HydrogenDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role hydrogen for transport will play in the updated Hydrogen Strategy.
Answer: The Government recognises that renewable hydrogen and its derived fuels have an important role to play in decarbonising transport applications where alternatives such as electrification are limited, particularly in aviation and in the maritime sector, whe...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
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