David Reed MP: written questions
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Written questions
Transport: CybersecurityDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cyber security incident reports relating to transport networks her Department received in the last 12 months.
Answer: We received 14 cyber security incident reports relating to the transport network in the last 12 months (June 2025 to June 2026) from transport operators. These will include mandatory reporting under the Network & Information Systems Regulations 2018 a...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what stockpiles of medicines on the Critical Medicines List are currently held by her Department.
Answer: The Department maintains targeted stockpiles of medicines for emergencies that require a major public health response. The Department does not routinely publish information on the specific medicines held and keeps its stockpiles under regular review based...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordFood Supply: Supply ChainsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17241More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency measures her Department has in place to ensure food reserves in the event of a major disruption to food supply chains.
Answer: Defra works with industry and across Government, including with the Cabinet Office to monitor risks to food supply chains. Decisions on capacity of food storage infrastructure are a matter for individual food businesses. Government maintains, regular enga...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 900974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of small boat arrivals were removed in 2025.
Answer: Around 7% of individuals removed or returned in the year ending March 2026 had arrived in the UK via small boat. We are targeting those behind these unacceptable crossings, with Organised Immigration Crime arrests up 55%, wider disruptions to criminal smu...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordFood SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the condition and capacity of food storage infrastructure used to support food security.
Answer: Defra works with industry and across Government, including with the Cabinet Office to monitor risks that may arise but decisions on capacity of their food storage infrastructure are for individual food businesses. The Government holds extensive, regular a...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordFood SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms her Department has in place to maintain the supply of food to the population in the event of a major disruption to food supply chains, including (a) formal agreements w
Answer: The UK has a resilient food supply chain. The Food Sector is one of the UK's 13 Critical National Infrastructure sectors. For security and resilience reasons, we do not disclose detailed operational contingency plans. Defra works with industry and across ...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordDroughtsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the National Drought Group last reviewed drought preparedness plans; and what the findings were.
Answer: The National Drought Group, chaired by the Environment Agency, last met on 18 June 2026 to review drought preparedness and assess water resource conditions. The Group concluded that although drought risk was currently low with most companies reporting ade...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordWater SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department last assessed the resilience of water supplies in England; and what the findings were.
Answer: In 2024, the Government allowed most water companies to publish their latest water resources management plans. The plans explain how water companies will maintain water security over a 25-year period. In allowing the publication, an assessment of their wa...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordFood SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department last assessed the resilience of UK food supplies to a simultaneous disruption affecting major food-exporting countries; and what the findings of that assessment wer
Answer: The UK has a resilient food supply chain and is equipped to deal with situations with the potential to cause disruption. The UK Food Security Report 2024 shows that climate and geopolitical volatility have weakened aspects of food supply stability since 2...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of schools in England have a business continuity plan that has been reviewed in the last 12 months.
Answer: The department does not collect data on whether schools have a business continuity plan, or whether such plans have been reviewed within the last 12 months.Settings remain responsible for complying with their legal responsibilities, including health and s...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Service BroadcastingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department last conducted a resilience test of public service broadcasting infrastructure against the scenario of a national telecommunications network failure.
Answer: The Government understands how important it is that everyone can access information in times of national emergency. Television and radio both play an important role in providing such access in a range of different emergency scenarios, including scenarios ...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Government AssistanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has a specific budget to support a) small and b) medium-sized businesses in developing business continuity plans for major disruption.
Answer: DBT supports and feeds into cross-Whitehall work to ensure that small and medium sized businesses are more resilient in the event of major disruption. DBT provides direct messaging and guidance to business should major disruption occur, and works closely ...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordMinerals: Supply ChainsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the resilience of UK supply chains for critical minerals was last formally reviewed by his Department; and what the findings of that review were.
Answer: The Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre (CMIC) updated the UK Criticality Assessment in November 2024, identifying critical minerals based on global supply risk and the UK’s economic vulnerability. This informed the 2025 UK Critical Minerals Strategy, w...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLaw Officers: EmergenciesAttorney GeneralTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16798More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, on how many occasions the Law Officers have been consulted by government departments on the lawful use of emergency powers in the context of civil emergency planning in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Law Officers’ Convention applies to advice which may or may not have been given by the Law Officers, or requested of the Law Officers, and the Convention applies to your question.The Law Officers’ Convention can be found at paragraph 21.27 of Erskine ...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordNatural Gas: StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, a) what the UK's current gas storage capacity is as a proportion of average winter demand and b) how that compares with the capacity of other G7 countries.
Answer: The UK benefits from a secure, diverse energy system, drawing on a range of gas supplies. Gas storage provides additional flexibility at times of peak demand. National Gas data indicates the UK has 1.7bcm of gas storage capacity, which is equivalent to ar...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy: CybersecurityDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many cyber security incident reports relating to energy infrastructure his Department received in the last 12 months.
Answer: Under the Network and Information Systems (NIS) Regulations, operators of essential services are required to report incidents that have an impact on the continuity of the essential services they provide. DESNZ has not received any reports of cyber inciden...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment DepartmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16795More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cross-government resilience exercises involving two or more departments have been conducted in the last 2 years; and what the (a) title, (b) participating departments and (c) date was of each.
Answer: The Cabinet Office encourages all departments to conduct or participate in exercises on cross-cutting risks in line with the National Security Risk Assessment. The Cabinet Office conducted two cross-system exercises within this period under the National E...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: InfrastructureMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department last assessed the resilience of prison infrastructure, including a) power, b) water and c) heating systems, to major failure.
Answer: A condition survey of all Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) assets across the prison estate was completed in 2023, with the findings published by HMPPS through the Prison Estate Conditions Survey Programme. The survey assessed the condition of key M&...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordEmergencies: FinanceTreasuryTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16362More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, a) how much total funding has been allocated to national resilience and civil contingencies in the current spending review period and b) what the breakdown of that funding is by department.
Answer: National resilience and civil contingencies activity is funded across departments as part of their Spending Review settlements. At SR25, the government prioritised spending for resilience and civil contingencies projects across HMG, including £4.2 billion...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Security: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what definition his Department is using of expenditure that qualifies as resilience and security spending for the purposes of the Government's commitment to spend 1.5% of GDP on this by 2035.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the response my Rt Hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury provided to Question 17649 of 9 July 2026. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-07-09/17649
Answered 22 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordMilitary AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Military Aid to the Civil Authorities has been provided in the last 12 months.
Answer: In 2025 Defence delivered 88 Military Aid to Civil Authority (MACA) tasks. In 2026 so far, Defence has delivered 16 MACAs, including assisting during adverse weather events, security and ceremonial support for visits from senior politicians and dignitarie...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
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