Rebecca Paul MP: written questions
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Written questions
Immigration Controls: EU CountriesHome OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has assessed the potential impact on UK nationals of inaccurate records being held on the EU Entry/Exit System (EES); and whether the Government has made representations to the European Co
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of accurate records in the EU Entry/Exit System (EES). As EES is an EU-led scheme, and responsibility for the accuracy of data held within the system, and for the rectification of that data, rests with the EU and p...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPlanning Inspectorate: EmailMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Planning Inspectorate email inbox is closed to responses.
Answer: The Planning Inspectorate has a general customer enquiries email address that remains open for customer queries. Where interested parties are permitted to submit representations, they may do so via the Planning Inspectorate's website, which can be found o...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: AppealsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will review the Fast Track Appeal Process used by the Planning Inspectorate to enable residents to engage with the appeal process.
Answer: The expedited written representations planning appeal procedure, first introduced in 2009, was recently expanded to a broader range of appeals so that all planning appeals against decisions on applications made on or after 1 April 2026 may be decided thro...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordGatwick Airport and Heathrow Airport: Air RoutesDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the Civil Aviation Authority and airport operators regarding the coordination of flight paths from Heathrow and Gatwick during easterly operations; if she will consi
Answer: The department and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) have set up the new UK Airspace Design Service to take forward the airspace change proposals for the complex London airspace, including for Heathrow and Gatwick airports. It will deliver interdependent air...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordGatwick Airport and Heathrow Airport: Air RoutesDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact on Reigate and Redhill of overlapping flight paths from Heathrow and Gatwick airports; and whether her Department plans to improve coordination between the two airport
Answer: The Department and Civil Aviation Authority have set up the new UK Airspace Design Service to take forward the airspace change proposals for the complex London airspace, including for Heathrow and Gatwick Airports.It will deliver interdependent airspace c...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Redundancy PayMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason the final 2025–26 departmental pay settlement was not applied to staff who left the Department under the Voluntary Exit Scheme after being employed on the date fr
Answer: The 2025/26 pay award reflected an exceptional pay flexibility agreement, reached following negotiations with the recognised Trade Unions and approved within the Civil Service pay framework. The award was based on clearly defined criteria that targeted in...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12308More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of delays in the administration of Civil Service pensions following the transfer of pension administration responsibilities to Capita on those pension holders;
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded Capita the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme in November 2023 under the previous government. The current delays facing scheme members are entirely unacceptable, and this Government has taken firm action to ...
Answered 3 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAdoption: LGBT+ PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s statistical release entitled Children looked after in England including adoption, last updated 20 November 2025, how many children looked after were adopted in England in the
Answer: The department publishes information on the sex of adopters, including a breakdown by legal status, in Table E3 of the ‘Children looked after in England, including adoptions’ statistics release, which is available at: https://explore-education-statistics....
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAdoptionDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds data on the age of adopters in cases where children are adopted from care; and whether that data can be cross-tabulated with the age of the child at adoption and the sex composition
Answer: The department publishes information on the sex of adopters, including a breakdown by legal status, in Table E3 of the ‘Children looked after in England, including adoptions’ statistics release, which is available at: https://explore-education-statistics....
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAdoptionDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were adopted from care in England in each of the last five years by different-sex couples, broken down by the age band of the child at the date of the adoption order and the age band of the ad
Answer: The department publishes information on the sex of adopters, including a breakdown by legal status, in Table E3 of the ‘Children looked after in England, including adoptions’ statistics release, which is available at: https://explore-education-statistics....
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAdoptionDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were adopted from care in England in each of the last five years by same-sex couples, broken down by the age band of the child at the date of the adoption order and the age band of the adopter
Answer: The department publishes information on the sex of adopters, including a breakdown by legal status, in Table E3 of the ‘Children looked after in England, including adoptions’ statistics release, which is available at: https://explore-education-statistics....
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAdoptionDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were adopted from care in England by different-sex couples in each of the last five years, broken down by the age of the child at the date of the adoption order.
Answer: The department publishes information on the sex of adopters, including a breakdown by legal status, in Table E3 of the ‘Children looked after in England, including adoptions’ statistics release, which is available at: https://explore-education-statistics....
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAdoptionDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were adopted from care in England in each of the last five years, broken down by the age of the child at the date of the adoption order and whether the adopters were recorded as a same-sex cou
Answer: The department publishes information on the sex of adopters, including a breakdown by legal status, in Table E3 of the ‘Children looked after in England, including adoptions’ statistics release, which is available at: https://explore-education-statistics....
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGraffitiDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of retail sale of graffiti spray-paints and related products on levels of criminal damage and vandalism; and whether she plans to i
Answer: No assessment has been made of the potential impact of retail sale of graffiti spray-paints and related products on levels of graffiti. We have no plans to restrict sales of such products. Local councils can take enforcement action to tackle graffiti, suc...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTransport: HydrogenDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with counterparts in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on coordinating low-carbon hydrogen production and end-use demand within the transport sector.
Answer: The Government recognises that renewable hydrogen and its derived fuels have an important role to play in decarbonising transport applications where alternatives such as electrification are limited, particularly in aviation and in the maritime sector, whe...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: HydrogenDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential role of hydrogen-powered vehicles in decarbonising hard-to-electrify transport modes.
Answer: The Government recognises that renewable hydrogen and its derived fuels have an important role to play in decarbonising transport applications where alternatives such as electrification are limited, particularly in aviation and in the maritime sector, whe...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTransport: HydrogenDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role hydrogen for transport will play in the updated Hydrogen Strategy.
Answer: The Government recognises that renewable hydrogen and its derived fuels have an important role to play in decarbonising transport applications where alternatives such as electrification are limited, particularly in aviation and in the maritime sector, whe...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions his Department has had with the European Commission on ensuring that UK-built vehicles and components are treated as equivalent to EU-origin content under future “Made in Europe” autom
Answer: My department is looking carefully at the proposed measures in the EU’s Industrial Accelerator Act. Where these measures, as currently drafted, could disadvantage the UK’s automotive sector, or UK-EU integrated automotive supply chains, the Secretary of S...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps to support the competitiveness of UK automotive manufacturers and supply chains in response to the European Commission’s proposal for an Industrial Accelerator Ac
Answer: My department is looking carefully at the proposed measures in the EU’s Industrial Accelerator Act. Where these measures, as currently drafted, could disadvantage the UK’s automotive sector, or UK-EU integrated automotive supply chains, the Secretary of S...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: Repairs and MaintenanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8208More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that residents’ management companies which hold the freehold on behalf of leaseholders are not treated as commercial freeholders for the purpose
Answer: The leaseholder protections, which cap liability for paying towards certain remediation costs, do not apply to buildings where some or all the leaseholders have acquired the freehold. RMCs who hold the freehold on behalf of leaseholders can use remediatio...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: Domestic AbuseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of current legal protections for victims of domestic abuse seeking to be released from joint tenancies in the private rent
Answer: Under the Renters’ Rights Act, all tenancies with a fixed term transitioned to periodic tenancies on 1 May 2026. As a result, victims of domestic abuse are no longer locked into fixed terms with perpetrators. The courts have established that any individua...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: ManagementDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England on establishing a statutory professional register for senior managers in the National Health Service to strengthen leadership accountability
Answer: The Government made a commitment at the General Election to introduce professional standards for, and regulation of, National Health Service managers. Departmental officials have engaged extensively on the proposals with key stakeholders, including NHS En...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGender Dysphoria: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has commissioned research to improve understanding of factors determining the number of referrals to gender identity services across the NHS.
Answer: The final report of the Cass Review, published in April 2024, gave a thorough assessment of factors determining the number of referrals to National Health Service children and young people’s gender services and the characteristics of referrals into these ...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGender Dysphoria: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that robust and consistent informed consent processes are applied in the provision of adult NHS gender identity services.
Answer: NHS England's national service specification for adult gender services requires clinicians to make all efforts to ensure that individuals are aware of the longer-term consequences of the interventions offered to them. The service specification describes t...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGender Dysphoria: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen clinical leadership in the provision of adult gender identity services within the NHS.
Answer: In 2024, NHS England commissioned the National Operational and Delivery Review of Adult Gender Services (the Review), the report of which was published in December 2025. The report concluded that some adult gender services undertake little or no quality i...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
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