Afzal Khan MP: written questions
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Climate Change and Sustainable Development: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of levels of inclusion of climate change and environmental sustainability in the national curriculum beyond geography and science subjects.
Answer: Young people have consistently expressed a strong desire for more education on climate change, nature and sustainability. Teachers have also highlighted that limited visibility and emphasis on climate topics in the national curriculum has made it difficul...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to include mandatory training on the climate emergency within Initial Teacher Training and the Early Career Framework.
Answer: The Initial Teacher Training and Early Career Framework (ITTECF) is universal and designed to work for all new teachers regardless of subject, phase, or school. Whilst the ITTECF underpins what all new teachers should learn, it is not a curriculum. Traini...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to introduce targets and funding commitments for climate education across all key stages.
Answer: Young people have consistently expressed a strong desire for more education on climate change, nature and sustainability. Teachers have also highlighted that limited visibility and emphasis on climate topics in the national curriculum has made it difficul...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordEndometriosis: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114016More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to fill gaps in levels of endometriosis training for NHS healthcare professionals.
Answer: The Government acknowledges the challenges faced by women with endometriosis and the impact it has on their lives, their relationships, and their participation in education and the workforce.The Government also acknowledges the importance of ensuring heal...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordEndometriosis: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with regulators and professional bodies to improve endometriosis education.
Answer: The Government acknowledges the challenges faced by women with endometriosis and the impact it has on their lives, their relationships, and their participation in education and the workforce.The Government also acknowledges the importance of ensuring heal...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordEndometriosis: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of how endometriosis care is covered in the education and training of healthcare practitioners.
Answer: The Government acknowledges the challenges faced by women with endometriosis and the impact it has on their lives, their relationships, and their participation in education and the workforce.The Government also acknowledges the importance of ensuring heal...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBBC World Service: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the resources available to the BBC World Service.
Answer: Grant-in-Aid funding for the next three years for the BBC World Service will be decided through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office allocations process. The BBC Charter Review, launched in December, is looking at potential World Service fundi...
Answered 25 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSomalia: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the administration in the Northeastern state of Somalia on a) security and stabilisation, b) political and diplomatic engagement and c) econ
Answer: The UK is one of Somalia's closest and longest standing partners, and remains committed to building a safer, freer, and more secure country. The UK has provided more than £500million in humanitarian and development funding to Somalia since 2021 - all UK f...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSomalia: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to establish and maintain relationships with the administration in the Northeastern region of Somalia.
Answer: The UK is one of Somalia's closest and longest standing partners, and remains committed to building a safer, freer, and more secure country. The UK has provided more than £500million in humanitarian and development funding to Somalia since 2021 - all UK f...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSomalia: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding has been a) allocated to and b) spent in the Northeastern State of Somalia in each of the last five years.
Answer: The UK is one of Somalia's closest and longest standing partners, and remains committed to building a safer, freer, and more secure country. The UK has provided more than £500million in humanitarian and development funding to Somalia since 2021 - all UK f...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSomalia: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department collects data on how UK funding is a) allocated and b) spent across Somalia's federal states.
Answer: The UK is one of Somalia's closest and longest standing partners, and remains committed to building a safer, freer, and more secure country. The UK has provided more than £500million in humanitarian and development funding to Somalia since 2021 - all UK f...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: SlaveryForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with international partners on modern slavery in Afghanistan.
Answer: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office officials are working closely with international partners on this issue, as well as broader human rights concerns in Afghanistan. Officials consistently raise human rights concerns with the Taliban and urge the...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordTransport: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department has issued to airports and transport authorities on allergy safety in public spaces, specifically latex allergy.
Answer: The Food Standards Agency works with businesses and consumers across England, Wales and Northern Ireland to improve allergen management and information, including offering free training and running awareness campaigns. It has recently published new guidan...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAirports: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with airports on allergy safety in public spaces.
Answer: The Food Standards Agency works with businesses and consumers across England, Wales and Northern Ireland to improve allergen management and information, including offering free training and running awareness campaigns. It has recently published new guidan...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicles: Urban AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her department plans to introduce (i) increased safety standards for US-style pickup trucks and (ii) measures to limit the number of US style pick-up trucks in urban areas.
Answer: New pick-up trucks are subject to approval against rigorous performance-based standards. These standards are developed by the UK and our international partners to ensure vehicles are safe to use on the road and protect occupants and other road users, incl...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAir Pollution: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Physicians' report entitled A breath of fresh air: Responding to the health challenges of modern air pollution, published on 11 June 2025, what steps he is ta
Answer: As the Royal College of Physicians' report outlines, indoor air quality remains an important public health consideration.Our 10-Year Health plan sets out Government actions to improve the quality of the air we breathe, with commitments to increase underst...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordGuinea: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to help promote human rights in Guinea.
Answer: The UK regularly raises concerns with the authorities in Guinea over human rights, democracy, freedom of expression, and the rule of law, including arbitrary detentions, and restrictions on political freedoms, civil society and peaceful protest.Since the ...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordGuinea: Political PrisonersForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with its counterparts in Guinea on the rights of political prisoners.
Answer: The UK regularly raises concerns with the authorities in Guinea over human rights, democracy, freedom of expression, and the rule of law, including arbitrary detentions, and restrictions on political freedoms, civil society and peaceful protest.Since the ...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordGuinea: DemonstrationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussion her Department has had with its counterparts in Guinea on the right to peaceful protest.
Answer: The UK regularly raises concerns with the authorities in Guinea over human rights, democracy, freedom of expression, and the rule of law, including arbitrary detentions, and restrictions on political freedoms, civil society and peaceful protest.Since the ...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordGuinea: ArrestsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reports of arbitrary detentions in Guinea.
Answer: The UK regularly raises concerns with the authorities in Guinea over human rights, democracy, freedom of expression, and the rule of law, including arbitrary detentions, and restrictions on political freedoms, civil society and peaceful protest.Since the ...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: Service ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation entitled Strengthening leaseholder protections over charges and services, which closed on 26 September 2025.
Answer: The consultation in question closed on 26 September 2025. We are analysing responses and will bring the relevant measures into force as quickly as possible thereafter.
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSyria: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the human rights situation in Syria, in particular in relation to the rights of Kurdish people; and what action she is taking.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Written Ministerial Statement I made to the House on 28 January 2026.
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordElectoral RegisterMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his planned timetable is for the rollout of Automatic Voter Registration as part of the Democratic Modernisation Strategy.
Answer: The government is exploring more automated approaches to electoral registration over the coming years. Any changes must be tested to ensure they have a positive outcome in an already complex system, which will take time to assess. Some of this work may al...
Answered 29 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordIslamophobiaWomen and EqualitiesTabled 21 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107449More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent discussions she has had with the Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission on tackling Islamophobia.
Answer: The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is an independent Non Departmental Public Body and Great Britain’s national equality and human rights body. The Government regularly engages with EHRC on a range of areas covered in their remit.
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordIslamophobiaMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission on tackling Islamophobia.
Answer: To help inform policy development, Ministers and officials regularly engage with relevant stakeholders, such as the Equality and Human Rights Commission, including on tackling religious hatred.
Answered 29 Jan 2026
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