Neil O'Brien MP: written questions 2026
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Written questions
Education: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what i) number and b) proportion of each Major and Minor ethnic group were in each decile of national attainment as measured by attainment 8 for that group in 2023/24.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordEducation: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the Attainment 8 score was at each decile of attainment for each Major and Minor ethnic group in 2023/24.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordWritten question 29960Cabinet OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29960More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average hourly earnings by single year of age for those aged (a) 16, (b) 17, (c) 18, (d) 19, (e) 20, (f) 21, (g) 22, (h) 23, (i) 24 and (j) 25 were in each year between 1997 and 2010.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Overseas StudentsHome OfficeTabled 14 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2026 to Question 28021, for what reason a breakdown of asylum claimants who previously held a study visa by sponsoring institution is not currently published.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Agency: ContractsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 70 of the Environment Agency's Annual Report and Accounts 2015/6, if she will provide a breakdown of the £50.2m spent by the Environment Agency in Hired and Cont
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordCannabis: PrescriptionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she considers the volume of prescriptions issued for cannabis-based products for medicinal use to be consistent with patient safety.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 1 June in response to Question 3220.
Answered 22 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCannabis: Social MediaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department and the MHRA are taking to enforce restrictions on the advertising of cannabis-based products for medicinal use on social media.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 1 June in response to Question 3220.
Answered 22 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 9 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28387More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Note 8. Purchase of Goods, Services and Other Expenditure on page 177 of the Whole of Government Accounts 2022-3, if she will provide a breakdown of expenditure in the financial years in (a) 2022/3
Answer: The information requested is not publicly available.
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: CommunicationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much her Department spent on external communications in each of the last three financial years.
Answer: The Department’s expenditure on external communications is published in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero's Annual Report and Accounts. Information for each of the last three financial years can be found in the relevant Annual Reports and Ac...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Overseas StudentsHome OfficeTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who claimed asylum in the UK in each of the last five years had previously held a Student visa, by sponsoring institution.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’.Data on the number of people claiming asylum by route prior to claim is published in table Asy_D01a of the ‘Asylum claims and initial decisions datasets’. Th...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving LicencesDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications for first provisional driving licences were received by DVLA in each of the last five complete calendar years by applicant’s country of birth.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available. Officials from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) will write to the honourable member when the information requested has been extracted, assured and reviewed.
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordChildcare: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were ineligible for government-funded childcare in 2023/4, 2024/5 and 2025/6 as a result of the £100,000 earnings limit; and what her Department's estimate is of the value of funded childcare
Answer: The £100,000 adjusted net income per year threshold applies to the working-parent entitlement and Tax-Free Childcare, rather than to all forms of government childcare support. Children aged three-and-four years old who were ineligible for the working pare...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMentally Disordered Offenders: SentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were sentenced to a hospital and limitation direction under section 45A of the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last five calendar years.
Answer: Over the last five calendar years, 90 total individuals received a disposal with a hospital and limitation direction under section 45A of the Mental Health Act 1983 (the Act).Year20212022202320242025Number of s45A disposals1820201616This information is pu...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCompulsorily Detained Psychiatric PatientsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Restricted Patients Statistics, England and Wales 2025, published 30 April 2026, what the mean and median length of time is between a patient becoming subject to a hospital order with restri
Answer: For restricted patients conditionally discharged for the first time in 2025, it took a mean of 8 years and a median of 6 years from when they became subject to a hospital order with restrictions under sections 37 and 41 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordArtificial IntelligenceCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 27518More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the hacking of Hugging Face by collaborating agents, and what plans he has for the further development of AISI and other UK governme
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordEntry Clearances: Care WorkersHome OfficeTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted entry clearance under the Health and Care Worker route in the last 12 months for which data is available, broken down by age group.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa type and year in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on grants of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. The...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEntry Clearances: Migrant WorkersHome OfficeTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted entry clearance under the Graduate route in the last 12 months for which data is available, broken down by age group.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa type and year in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on grants of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. The...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEntry Clearances: Overseas StudentsHome OfficeTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted entry clearance under the Student route in the last 12 months for which data is available, broken down by age group.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa type and year in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on grants of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. The...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEntry Clearances: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted entry clearance under the Skilled Worker route in the last 12 months for which data is available, broken down by age group.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa type and year in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on grants of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. The...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEntry Clearances: Ministers of ReligionHome OfficeTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted entry clearance under (a) the Religious Worker route and (b) the Tier 2 (Minister of Religion) route in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa type and year in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on grants of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. The...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in the custody of HM Prison and Probation Service are currently receiving medication to manage problematic sexual arousal (MMPSA).
Answer: The information is not held in the format requested.
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: Medical TreatmentsMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the Justice Secretary in the debate on the Independent Sentencing Review on 22 May 2025, whether he plans to continue to explore mandating medication to manage problemat
Answer: Medication to Manage Problematic Sexual Arousal (MMPSA) forms part of our wider response to ensure people convicted of sexual offences are robustly managed. Work is underway to increase the use of MMPSA for sex offenders by expanding the existing feasibil...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCompulsorily Detained Psychiatric PatientsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients detained under Part III of the Mental Health Act 1983 are held in (a) low, (b) medium and (c) high secure hospitals as of the latest date for which figures are available.
Answer: NHS England publishes annual Mental Health Act Statistics, including the total number of people detained under the Mental Health Act on 31 March each year. The latest data is available at the link below, and new data for the year ending 31 March 2026 will...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCompulsorily Detained Psychiatric PatientsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients detained under Part III of the Mental Health Act 1983 were discharged from hospital in the most recent 12 months for which data is available, broken down by section.
Answer: NHS England publishes annual Mental Health Act Statistics, including the total number of people detained under the Mental Health Act on 31 March each year. The latest data is available at the link below, and new data for the year ending 31 March 2026 will...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCompulsorily Detained Psychiatric PatientsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are currently detained under Part III of the Mental Health Act 1983, broken down by section.
Answer: NHS England publishes annual Mental Health Act Statistics, including the total number of people detained under the Mental Health Act on 31 March each year. The latest data is available at the link below, and new data for the year ending 31 March 2026 will...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
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