Kerry McCarthy MP: written questions 2026
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Written question 29912Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether opportunities will be available for charities and third sector organisations to contribute to the drafting of the youth homelessness toolkit and dedicated youth homelessn
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordWritten question 29911Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress her department has made toward the development of a youth homelessness toolkit and dedicated youth homelessness chapter in The Homelessness Code of Guidance for Loc
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordForestry Commission: Labour TurnoverDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) staff turnover rate, (b) vacancy rate and (c) average time taken to fill vacancies was for frontline operational and regulatory delivery roles in the Forestry Commission i
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordForestry Commission: PayDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department or the Forestry Commission will submit a pay flexibility business case in relation to Forestry Commission staff under the Civil Service Pay Remit Guidance 2026-2
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordLoans: Sustainable DevelopmentTreasuryTabled 11 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29115More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to improve transparency in sustainability-linked lending by requiring companies and financial institutions to publish the key performance indicators, targets and independent verification used
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordLoans: Sustainable DevelopmentTreasuryTabled 11 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29114More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to establish a baseline regulatory framework for setting and assessing sustainability performance targets in sustainability-linked lending, replacing the current use of voluntary industr
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordLoans: Sustainable DevelopmentTreasuryTabled 11 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29113More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that sustainability-linked loans provided by UK banks do not support companies associated with illegal deforestation or environmental harm overseas.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordHorticulture: LegumesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the forthcoming Horticulture Strategy will include measures to increase domestic production and consumption of pulses.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordPoultryDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the forthcoming poultry growth strategy will support a transition away from intensive animal agriculture towards prioritising animal welfare, environmental and public health.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: ParentsMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 901379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of children with a parent in prison.
Answer: In the year ending October 2024, around 219,000 children were estimated to have a parent in prison in England and Wales. For too long, there has been no systematic mechanism to recognise children with a parent in prison, which is why we are testing how ch...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of staffing levels in NHS mental health inpatient settings.
Answer: The latest published NHS workforce statistics show that the National Health Service mental health workforce stands at 160,734 full-time equivalent staff (June 2026). However, the established national mental health workforce definition does not separately ...
Answered 25 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAdoptionDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 19892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of (a) the adequacy of the number of approvals for people to become adoptive parents and (b) whether further steps should be taken to encourage more potential adopters to come forwa
Answer: The government’s aim is that all children for whom adoption is considered to be in their best interests should be placed with a family as soon as possible.While the number of adopter approvals (2,240) marginally increased in 2025/26 compared to the previo...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordHoliday Activities and Food Programme: Children in CareDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 19891More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the additional cost to the public purse of expanding the automatic eligibility criteria for the Holiday Activities and Food programme to include all care-experienced children, incl
Answer: The government recognises that care-experienced children, including children who are looked after, living in kinship care or adopted, can face additional challenges.The Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme, backed by over £600 million of funding fo...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 19890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if the current evaluation of the Prison Education Service will include a review of pay structures for prison education staff.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice evaluation of the Prisoner Education Service is focused on building the evidence base to improve outcomes for prisoners and inform future policy decisions. The terms and conditions of prison education staff are set by contracted pr...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 19889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer to UIN 117428 given on 10th March 2026, what the timescale is for the evaluation of the Prison Education Service and if he will provide an update on progress.
Answer: A comprehensive evaluation of the Prisoner Education Service is underway to inform ongoing delivery and future improvements. The evaluation will run from 2026 to 2029, and the findings will be published as they become available during that period.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: Domestic AbuseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 19888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will standardise the approach for measuring and monitoring data on domestic abuse survivors and the housing tenure they receive to allow for a comparative study of the dif
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: FurnitureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 19887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will encourage local authorities to (a) measure the level of furniture provision within their social housing stock and (b) ensure that (i) low-income and (ii) vulnerable p
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordConfetti: PlasticsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 19886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to prohibit or discourage the use of plastic confetti and replace with biodegradable alternatives.
Answer: The Government has a number of restrictions on unnecessary single use plastic products, including single-use vapes and wet wipes containing plastic. We will continue to review the latest evidence on problematic products and/or materials to take a systemat...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 19885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information from individual farm animal welfare inspections is routinely published, and what assessment she has made of whether those arrangements provide adequate public scrutiny
Answer: This Government understands the importance of transparency in relation to the welfare of farmed animals. Multi Annual National Control Plan (MANCP) reports include national data on the number of farm inspections completed by APHA, the welfare scores from ...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 19884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data her Department collects on (a) animal welfare breaches identified during farm inspections and (b) subsequent enforcement action taken; and whether she plans to publish those
Answer: This Government understands the importance of transparency in relation to the welfare of farmed animals. Multi Annual National Control Plan (MANCP) reports include national data on the number of farm inspections completed by APHA, the welfare scores from ...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPigs: SlaughterhousesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 19883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will publish the consultation on banning the use of carbon dioxide gas stunning of pigs promised in the animal welfare strategy.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell, Helen Maguire, on 20 May 2026 to PQ UIN 613.
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCarbon Capture and Storage: SeabedDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 19882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to mitigate disturbance of blue carbon stores on the seabed by requiring marine developers to align with the Greenhouse Gas Assessment process.
Answer: There are no current plans to require the inclusion of seabed carbon disturbance in marine developers' Greenhouse Gas Assessment processes. A recent Cefas study highlights that further research is needed to understand the release of carbon from seabed sto...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCarbon Capture and Storage: SeabedDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 19881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the carbon emitted from disturbance of carbon stores on the seabed.
Answer: Cefas published a technical briefing in February 2026 on how human activities and climate change affect seabed carbon. The briefing explains that the result of disturbing seabed carbon depends on its reactivity, which varies according to its source, miner...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTigray: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 19880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the current security situation in Tigray and its potential impact on further implementation of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement.
Answer: The UK remains concerned by recent insecurity in Tigray, including reports of clashes between federal and Tigrayan forces. We continue to assess that any renewed conflict risks undermining implementation of the Pretoria Agreement for Lasting Peace through...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCourts: ReoffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 19879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Intensive Supervision Court in Bristol on levels of reoffending.
Answer: The Intensive Supervision Court (ISC) pilot is subject to a full impact evaluation, including an assessment of its impact on reoffending. It is too early to determine whether the pilot has influenced reoffending rates, as reliable analysis requires a suff...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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