Written questions by Mayer.

What assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of heatwaves on workers in outdoor and high-temperature workplaces.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of heatwaves on schools and pupils’ learning.

Awaiting answer.

When his Department plans to respond to the consultation on the UK’s new product safety framework.

Awaiting answer.

Whether he is taking steps to ensure biophilic design is embedded into neighbourhood health centres.

Awaiting answer.

Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to provide regular public reporting on progress made against the recommendations of Replacing Animals in Science, published in November 2025.

Awaiting answer.

Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of heatwaves on farming, food production and animal welfare.

Awaiting answer.

Innovation and Technology, pursuant to answer 10459, whether she has had discussions with technology companies on bereaved adult partners accessing data on the deceased's devices.

Awaiting answer.

What steps she is taking to ensure passengers who bought a train ticket via a 3rd party provider and chose to accept the advice not to travel due to the extreme heat warning can access a timely refund.

Passengers who choose not to travel due to the extreme heat between Tuesday 23 June and Friday 26 June 2026 can claim a fee-free refund from their point of purchase whether that is a train operator or independent retailer. The industry target is to proces...

Whether his Department has issued guidance to local authorities on supporting people in social care accommodation to remain in the same town or local area when their accommodation is reallocated or

Awaiting answer.

Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Competition and Market Authority's report entitled Housebuilding market study, published on 26 February 2024, whether she plans to implement the recommendat

Awaiting answer.

What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of public electric vehicle charging points in towns.

The Government is committed to accelerating the rollout of affordable and accessible charging infrastructure so that everyone, no matter where they live or work, can make the transition to an electric vehicle (EV). We closely monitor charge point rollout ...

What estimate she has made from the latest National Travel Survey of the number of trips per head made by people aged (a) 5-10, (b) 11-15 and (c) 16-17 by bus outside of London and Greater Manchester.

The below table shows the average number of trips per person by age band using buses outside London for residents of England, excluding Greater Manchester combined authority, aged 5 to 17. Figures are based on 2023 and 2024 combined to provide a large eno...

Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the findings of the Food Foundation’s Broken Plate report, published on 10 June 2026.

Defra welcomes the Broken Plate report. It highlights many of the challenges facing our food system, especially around access and affordability of healthy food. The Good Food Cycle sets out the government's vision for the food system. It identifies priori...

Representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will make an assessment of the potential merits of screening the People's Emergency Briefing on the parliamentary estate.

The Commission has no plans to screen the briefing.

When he plans to publish the research his Department commissioned on the effects of the Schengen immigration limit on the international operations of GB-based HGV and coach businesses that hold standard interna

The department has undertaken a study to improve our understanding of the effects of the 90-in-180-day Schengen immigration limit and planning for the European Union’s Entry/Exit System (EES) implementation on commercial vehicle operators. We intend to pu...

What discussions she has had with Cash Access UK on opening banking hubs at weekends.

The Government is committed to supporting the financial services industry’s roll-out of 350 banking hubs by the end of this Parliament, and industry agreed with my predecessor that they would achieve this. Over 275 hubs have been announced so far, and mor...

On what dates has the Mass Transit Taskforce has met.

The Mass Transit Taskforce was announced on 20 May. It is independently chaired by Bridget Rosewell CBE, but we understand the Taskforce has been engaging regularly, including to develop the call for evidence which was published on 17 June.

Innovation and Technology, whether she has had discussions with technology companies on bereaved families accessing data on the deceased devices.

Following extensive engagement and consultation with bereaved families, civil society and industry, the government has recently brought in a number of changes to speed up the preservation of data held in social media accounts that might help explain the t...

Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to expand access to free AI foundations training for workers.

The government is committed to building a digitally skilled workforce to support long-term economic growth, drive innovation and expand individual opportunity. As part of this ambition, DSIT has launched the AI Skills Boost campaign to upskill 10 million ...

Innovation and Technology, what progress her Department has made on supporting the upskilling of regulatory assessors as part of the Replacing Animals in Science strategy.

The delivery of the commitment to upskill regulatory assessors sits with OLS. Working with the NC3Rs Regulatory Sciences Forum, we are reviewing all existing regulatory training opportunities to identify any gaps where additional resources are needed. We ...