Zarah Sultana MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Arms Trade: Export ControlsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish a list of all previously controlled goods removed from the UK Strategic Export Control Lists in the last 10 years.
Answer: The Export Control Act 2002 and the Export Control Order 2008 provide the legal framework for the UK’s strategic export controls.Through this, HM Government controls the export of a range of military and “dual-use” items in the UK Strategic Export Control...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRCV Engines: ExportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has exempted the company RCV Engines Ltd from applying for arms export licenses for the sale of (a) engines and (b) engine parts.
Answer: The requirement for an export licence for military and dual-use goods is set out in the Export Control Order 2008. Export licence applications for all controlled goods are rigorously assessed on a case-by-case basis against strict assessment criteria, the...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWorkplace PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase (a) transparency and (b) control for consumers in the defined contribution pension transfer process, in relation to the inability of Independent Financial
Answer: The Department is working with regulatory bodies, the pensions industry and other stakeholders to identify and explore potential changes to pension transfer processes that will enable greater efficiency, whilst providing savers with effective consumer pro...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and what proportion of the potential violations of international humanitarian law that have been assessed by the Government in relation to Israel’s actions in Gaza i
Answer: On 2 September 2024 we suspended export licences to Israel for use in military operations in Gaza, following a review into Israel's compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL) which concluded there was a clear risk that some UK exports might be u...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to make an assessment of Israel's compliance with international humanitarian law in the context of its airstrikes in the Israeli-designated safe zone in Al-M
Answer: On 2 September 2024 we suspended export licences to Israel for use in military operations in Gaza, following a review into Israel's compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL) which concluded there was a clear risk that some UK exports might be u...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has made any gifts of controlled military equipment to Israel since 7 October 2023.
Answer: In the aftermath of 7 October 2023 the UK Government has provided non-lethal military equipment including medical equipment; nothing has been gifted in this Parliamentary session.
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Artificial IntelligenceHome OfficeTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of predictive policing methods on freedom of association.
Answer: AI, and other technologies, can provide a wide range of benefits to improve efficiency and productivity in policing, as well as boosting public confidence by improving the prevention, detection and investigation of crime. However, the procurement and depl...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDriver and Vehicle Standards Agency: Government AssistanceDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support she is providing to the DVSA to improve the recruitment of driving instructors and reduce driving test waiting times.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. On the 18 December, DVSA set out further plans to reduce driving test waiting times a...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to prevent (a) the bulk buying of driving tests by bot accounts and (b) the reselling of driving slots.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. On the 18 December, DVSA set out further plans to reduce driving test waiting times a...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Coventry SouthDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of practical driving tests in Coventry South constituency.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. On the 18 December, DVSA set out further plans to reduce driving test waiting times a...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSlavery: VictimsHome OfficeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) identify and (b) protect survivors of modern slavery in the context of immigration enforcement raids.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer given on 19 February to Question 30592.
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Mental HealthDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of mental health and wellbeing support for children with special educational needs in primary education.
Answer: Schools are required to identify and address the special educational needs (SEN) of the pupils they support and, in the case of mainstream settings, to use their best endeavours to make sure that a child or young person who has SEN gets the support they n...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve accountability mechanisms for schools that do not provide adequate support for children with special educational needs.
Answer: The department is committed to improving our approach to accountability for all schools. We are working with Ofsted to ensure that schools are inspected against clear, rigorous expectations for the inclusivity of special educational needs and disabilities...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAlaa Abd El-FattahForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made (a) to his Egyptian counterpart and (b) to the President of Egypt on the safe release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah.
Answer: The UK remains committed to securing Alaa Abd El-Fattah's release so he can be reunited with his family. The Foreign Secretary raised Mr El-Fattah's case with the Egyptian Foreign Minister during his visit to Egypt on 23 January. The Prime Minister wrote ...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAlaa Abd El-FattahForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will use one of the three formal recommendations of the UK to the upcoming UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review on Egypt to advocate for the release of A
Answer: The UK remains committed to securing Alaa Abd El-Fattah's release so he can be reunited with his family. The Foreign Secretary raised Mr El-Fattah's case with the Egyptian Foreign Minister during his visit to Egypt on 23 January. The Prime Minister wrote ...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAlaa Abd El-FattahForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will visit Alaa Abd el-Fattah during his visit to Egypt.
Answer: The UK remains committed to securing Alaa Abd El-Fattah's release so he can be reunited with his family. The Foreign Secretary raised Mr El-Fattah's case with the Egyptian Foreign Minister during his visit to Egypt on 23 January. The Prime Minister wrote ...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAlaa Abd El-FattahForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Egyptian counterpart on the safe release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah during his visit to Egypt.
Answer: The UK remains committed to securing Alaa Abd El-Fattah's release so he can be reunited with his family. The Foreign Secretary raised Mr El-Fattah's case with the Egyptian Foreign Minister during his visit to Egypt on 23 January. The Prime Minister wrote ...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22354More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the additional £880 million allocated to the Social Care Grant.
Answer: The £880 million uplift in the Social Care Grant is in recognition of the important role local authorities have in commissioning and delivering social care services. This funding will support social care delivery and will take the total funding in the Soc...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
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