Iqbal Mohamed MP: written questions 2026
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Nscale: EssexDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119690More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress has been made on the proposed AI datacentre site in Loughton, Essex, announced in January 2025.
Answer: Matters regarding specific delivery and commercial plans for any private project are for the lead private sector investor to confirm. The government engages regularly with the sector to support build out.
Answered 27 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNscale: InvestmentDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119689More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what due diligence her Department undertook before announcing Nscale’s proposed $2.5 billion investment in UK AI infrastructure in 2025.
Answer: Matters regarding specific delivery and commercial plans for any private project are for the lead private sector investor to confirm. The government engages regularly with the sector to support build out.
Answered 27 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNscale: EssexDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119688More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether a formal contract has been signed with Nscale for the construction of the proposed AI datacentre in Loughton, Essex.
Answer: Matters regarding specific delivery and commercial plans for any private project are for the lead private sector investor to confirm. The government engages regularly with the sector to support build out.
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCoreWeave: Job CreationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119687More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate her Department has made of the potential number of jobs that will be created as a result of CoreWeave’s investment.
Answer: AI Growth Zones are expected to create more than 15,000 jobs spanning construction activity, permanent operational roles and wider supply‑chain employment. Job creation will ramp up as infrastructure works progress, with full delivery projected by the ear...
Answered 27 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCoreWeave: Data CentresDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119686More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many new datacentres have been constructed as a result of investment by CoreWeave.
Answer: CoreWeave's announced investments into the UK total £2.5 billion. CoreWeave has committed £1.5 billion towards the Lanarkshire AI Growth Zone in Scotland, deploying cutting-edge semiconductors at DataVita's data centre campus in Lanarkshire. The earlier £...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCoreWeave: InvestmentDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119685More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the investment by CoreWeave relates to (a) new construction of datacentres, (b) equipment purchases and (c) leasing space in existing datacentre facilities.
Answer: The Government does not publish commercially sensitive details about how individual companies structure their investments. CoreWeave has publicly signalled its intention to scale operations in the UK, supported by the AI Opportunities Action Plan and the ...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: InvestmentDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what proportion of the AI-related private investment announced by her Department since 2024 has been contractually committed.
Answer: The UK AI sector attracted the third highest levels of AI related private investment in the world. Alongside this, the UK produces the second highest number of AI startups globally. This Governments remains focused on ensuring the UK remains the most attr...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: InvestmentDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department audits private investment commitments included in his Department's press announcements on AI infrastructure.
Answer: The UK AI sector attracted the third highest levels of AI related private investment in the world. Alongside this, the UK produces the second highest number of AI startups globally. This Governments remains focused on ensuring the UK remains the most attr...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: InvestmentDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what processes her Department uses to verify the value and form of private sector AI investment commitments.
Answer: The UK AI sector attracted the third highest levels of AI related private investment in the world. Alongside this, the UK produces the second highest number of AI startups globally. This Governments remains focused on ensuring the UK remains the most attr...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAudiology: Dewsbury and BatleyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the provision of NHS audiology services in Dewsbury and Batley constituency.
Answer: NHS England is supporting provider organisations and integrated care boards who are the commissioners of audiology services to improve performance and reduce waiting lists for appointments and assessments for hearing services. This includes capital invest...
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: FinesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled A new vision for water, updated 19 February 2026, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of delaying fi
Answer: Payment of fines is ultimately a matter for the regulator.
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordWater: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the proposed new water regulator will cost; who will pay these costs; and what assessment she has made of the potential for these costs to be passed onto consumers in the form
Answer: Across all our reforms the goal is to deliver our key outcomes – environment, customers, investability – in the most effective and efficient way possible to ensure lasting value.
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: PayDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether CEOs of water have enhanced their salaries through other means, such as additional payments and salary rises, in the context of her Department's
Answer: On 5 November 2025, Ofwat published its 2024-25 Performance related executive pay (PRP) assessment, which confirmed more than £4 million of unfair bonuses were blocked for 2024-25. The PRP assessment highlighted a lack of transparency around executive pay...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordWater CompaniesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118405More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will undertake an updated feasibility review of all the different ownership models relating to the provision of water in the United Kingdom.
Answer: There are several different ownership models in the companies providing water in the United Kingdom. Where a company requests to transition to a new ownership model, we have committed in the White Paper that the regulator will develop a transparent proces...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMarwan BarghoutiForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will raise the case of imprisoned Palestinian Parliamentarian Marwan Barghouti with her Israeli counterparts, in the context of recent comments by the Inter-Parliament
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer given on 21 October 2025 in response to Question 80474.
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report on changes to women's State Pension age, published on 21 March 2024, if he will make an estimate of the cost of providing compensa
Answer: The Government has made its decision on this case based on due process and careful consideration of the body of evidence. We have decided it would not be appropriate to pay compensation and the detailed reasons for this decision have been placed in the Ho...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHunting: TourismDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of prohibiting the sale of overseas hunting trips.
Answer: Whilst no assessment has been made of the merits of prohibiting overseas hunting trips, the Government is committed to banning the import of hunting trophies from species of conservation concern. The Department continues to engage with relevant stakeholde...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMarwan BarghoutiForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made representations to the Israeli Government on the detention of Marwan Barghouti, including allegations of torture.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer given on 21 October 2025 in response to Question 80474.
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMarwan BarghoutiForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her counterparts in Palestine and Israel on arranging a visit by her Department's officials to Marwan Barghouti.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer given on 21 October 2025 in response to Question 80474.
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordIsrael: TortureForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118399More
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 alleging torture in Israeli prisons from the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Tort
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer given on 21 October 2025 in response to Question 80474.
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordIsrael: PalestineForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her department intends to take in response to the Israeli government's registration of occupied territory in the Palestinian West Bank as state property; and what
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to my remarks in the Westminster Hall Debate on the Gaza Healthcare System on 24 February 2026.
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish an impact assessment for the US-UK Pharmaceuticals deal.
Answer: Costs of the United States and United Kingdom pharmaceuticals trade deal will start smaller but will increase over time as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) approves more medicines. Total costs over the spending review period ar...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has held with a) Pharmaceutical companies, b) Pharmaceutical industry groups and c) patient groups and charities on the US-UK Pharmaceuticals deal.
Answer: Costs of the United States and United Kingdom pharmaceuticals trade deal will start smaller but will increase over time as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) approves more medicines. Total costs over the spending review period ar...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide extra resource to the NHS to offset changes to drug prices under US-UK trade agreements.
Answer: Costs of the United States and United Kingdom pharmaceuticals trade deal will start smaller but will increase over time as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) approves more medicines. Total costs over the spending review period ar...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of US-UK trade agreements on (a) drug prices and (b) levels of excess deaths in the NHS.
Answer: Costs of the United States and United Kingdom pharmaceuticals trade deal will start smaller but will increase over time as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) approves more medicines. Total costs over the spending review period ar...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
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