Navendu Mishra MP: written questions 2026
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SoftwareDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 21928, entitled Software, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of updating the Be Open and use open source guidance
Answer: GDS continuously reviews published digital and technology guidance, in recognition of the fast-moving environment in which we operate in. As recently as May 2026, we provided updated guidance on be open and use open source, which is available on gov.uk: h...
Answered 16 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTibet: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how frequently have FCDO officials had contact with the Central Tibetan Administration in each of the last ten years.
Answer: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office officials have had consistent contact with representatives of the Central Tibetan Administration over the last ten years.
Answered 16 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles and Motorcycles: Anti-social BehaviourDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to improve coordination between local authorities and police forces in tackling the illegal and antisocial use of e-bikes and off-road bikes.
Answer: Decisions about local enforcement and partnership working are operational matters for Chief Constables and local authorities, reflecting local circumstances. The Government supports this work through the powers available to the police and local authoritie...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSudden Adult Death Syndrome: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of access to cardiac screening for first-degree relatives following a death attributed to Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS).
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 14 January in response to Question 100691.
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordStreptococcus: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26153More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to (a) raise awareness and (b) prevent further outbreaks of Group A Streptococcus (iGAS).
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the information and guidance on Group A Streptococcus published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), which is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/group-a-streptococcusTo support public ...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicles and Vans: TemperatureDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, why the Office of Rail and Road does not publish thermal comfort guidance for road drivers; for what reason air conditioning is not legally required in lorries and vans; and if her Department will take steps to
Answer: The Office of Rail and Road does not have a role in monitoring, regulating or setting standards for vehicles or drivers. The Department for Transport has no current plans to begin collecting statistical data on cab temperatures in road vehicles. Heat is c...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordOsman KavalaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26151More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the continued detention of Osman Kavala by the Republic of Türkiye.
Answer: On 2 September, the UK delivered a statement at the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers calling for the immediate release of Osman Kavala in line with the latest judgment made by the European Court of Human Rights on 25 August 2026. We will continue ...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDementia: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding available to local authorities to (a) provide timely care and (b) support assessments for people with dementia.
Answer: On 29 July the Prime Minister set out his objectives to reform the social care system and brought forward the timetable for Baroness Casey’s commission to inform that reform programme. All aspects of the current system will be reviewed as part of that pro...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her department has plans to take steps to reduce the national estimated waiting time for driving tests.
Answer: The Government set out a comprehensive package of measures in April 2025 to tackle long waiting times, aiming to deliver around 10,000 additional tests per month. A key step was reintroducing overtime incentives. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (D...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordParliamentary Digital Service: Digital Service ProvidersHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21954More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether cloud services used by the Parliamentary Digital Service make use of data centres outside of the United Kingdom.
Answer: Yes. A small number of cloud services used by the Parliamentary Digital Service make use of data centres outside the United Kingdom.Parliament’s policy is to host and process its data in the United Kingdom wherever practicable. Where a provider does not o...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordParliamentary Digital Service: SoftwareHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21953More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 16086 on House of Commons: Software, what percentage of software used by the Parliamentary Digital Servi
Answer: The Parliamentary Digital Service does not hold the information requested in a form that would allow a reliable percentage to be provided for either part of the question.The software records held by the Parliamentary Digital Service include applications a...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordRecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 16084 on Recycling, when she expects to publish the Circular Economy Growth Plan.
Answer: The Government is committed to delivering a more circular and resilient economy for good growth in every place. We established a Circular Economy Task Force to co-design our approach and will outline our next steps shortly
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordReadingDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to extend the National Year of Reading into a longer-term programme of support for children's literacy; and whether she has considered the introduction of a National Reading Guarantee.
Answer: The department is committed to ensuring that reading for pleasure remains a long-term priority. The National Year of Reading will have an enduring legacy through continued partnership, working between the hundreds of campaign partners who are creating str...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSwimming: PupilsDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21950More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the proportion of children in England who meet the national curriculum requirement to swim 25 metres by the end of primary school; and what steps her Department is taking to
Answer: Swimming is a vital life skill. Every child should have the opportunity to learn to swim before leaving primary school. Schools must provide core swimming lessons within the PE national curriculum in key stage 1 or key stage 2, teaching pupils to swim com...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAffordable HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 21949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that build to let developments contribute to local affordable housing quotas.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordTaiwan: British Nationals AbroadForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of British Nationals in Taiwan as of 1 August 2026; and how many FCDO staff are based in Taiwan as of 1 August 2026.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office does not hold data on the number of British nationals resident overseas.The UK has no diplomatic relations with Taiwan, but a strong, unofficial relationship. As of 1 August 2026, approximately 52 staff wor...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTibet: Culture and LanguagesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Chinese policy on minorities on Tibetan (a) language and (b) culture.
Answer: The UK stands firm on human rights in China, including in Tibet. We continue to encourage respect for freedom of religion or belief, cultural expression and linguistic rights in Tibet and across China, and we raise this directly with the Chinese authoriti...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTibetForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has had contact with the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA).
Answer: Yes - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office officials have contact with representatives of the Central Tibetan Administration.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordImportsTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21945More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the annual value of goods entering the UK under current de minimis arrangements in each of the last five years; and what evidence was used in determining that October 2028 wa
Answer: Goods valued at £135 or less imported into the UK are predominantly imported through a simplified customs declaration. Before 2023, it was not mandatory to provide the total value of goods as part of the simplified customs declaration. However, since coll...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving Licences: Older PeopleDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints her Department has received regarding the accessibility and usability of the DVLA’s online system for renewing driving licenses for people age 70 and over since its introduction; and what st
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and can only be extracted at disproportionate cost. To extract this information would require a manual interrogation of all the complaints made about a driving licence to determine whether it related to a...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordFruit and Vegetables: PricesDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what discussions he has had with supermarket retailers on ensuring that loose, packaged and multi-pack fresh fruit and vegetable products are displayed with comparable price-per-ki
Answer: The Price Marking Order (PMO) requires traders to display the selling price and, where applicable, the unit price for goods, enabling consumers to compare similar products and assess value for money. The PMO was recently updated so products sold by weight...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSupermarkets: PricesDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21942More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of unit pricing measures used by supermarkets, including pricing by item, weight and package size for equivalent pro
Answer: The Price Marking Order (PMO) requires traders to display the selling price and, where applicable, the unit price for goods, enabling consumers to compare similar products and assess value for money. The PMO was recently updated so products sold by weight...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: Greater ManchesterHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21941More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Greater Manchester Police Federation on racism experienced by police officers.
Answer: There have been no recent discussions between the Home Secretary and the Greater Manchester Police Federation.
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGender Based Violence: Criminal InvestigationHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that women and girls have confidence that reports of sexual violence will be investigated effectively by the police.
Answer: Rape and sexual violence are among the most harmful crimes, and we know they, and broader VAWG offences are underreported. This Government is taking action to ensure victims have the confidence to report these offences and trust that they will be taken se...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: AccountabilityHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21939More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are available to ensure that officers who are found to have failed to appropriately investigate serious offences are held accountable.
Answer: Members of the public have access to the statutory police complaints system if they are dissatisfied with the service they have received, or to raise concerns about policing where they are directly impacted.Most police complaints are dealt with by the loc...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
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