Written questions by Shannon.

What estimate she has made of the number of fatalities and serious injuries on roads in the last 12 months.

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What steps she is taking to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety.

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What discussions her Department has had with the Northern Ireland Executive regarding the flexibility of capital financial management; and what steps she is taking to ensure that future capital underspends can be re

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What assessment she has made of the adequacy of accessibility for disabled passengers on public transport.

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What recent initiatives have been undertaken to improve inter-departmental coordination on national security matters.

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How many government contracts were published in full during the last financial year.

Details of Government contracts awarded during the last financial year (2025/26) are published on the Find a Tender service central digital platform which is available at https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Search. Under the requirements of the Procure...

What steps she is taking to improve maintenance of rural roads.

The Government has confirmed a record £7.3 billion investment into local highways maintenance over the next four years. This multi-year settlement enables local authorities to plan ahead and shift away from expensive, short-term repairs and to instead inv...

What recent steps she has taken to help reduce congestion on urban road networks.

Traffic management is the responsibility of the relevant traffic authority. Through the Traffic Management Act 2004 they are subject to the statutory Network Management Duty. This requires them to manage their roads to secure the ‘expeditious movement’ of...

Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support timely investment in wastewater infrastructure for new housing developments; and what discussions he has had with

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What steps he is taking to increase transparency in Government decision-making.

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If he will make it his policy to seek closer trade relations between the Northern Ireland agri-food market and the US.

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Innovation and Technology, what recent steps she has taken to support the level of cybersecurity across Government departments.

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What recent steps he has taken with Cabinet colleagues to improve citizen access to public services.

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Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of GOV.UK One Login and other Government digital identity services.

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Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Government online services in reducing administrative burdens on citizens.

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Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure the accessibility of Government digital services for disabled people.

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Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for social housing, including changes to the stock of social and affordable housing; and what discussions he has had with his coun

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What steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to help protect high street retail workers from violence or threats from customers, including smaller

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How many Civil Service employees are on temporary contracts for which the latest data is available.

The total number of civil servants on a temporary contract, including those on casual contracts, is published quarterly by Office for National Statistics (ONS) as part of their quarterly public sector employment statistics and is available at Table 8 of e...

Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help support the reporting of sexual harassment and offending against women and girls internationally, including to help strengthen victims' confi

The UK is leading international efforts to tackle all forms of violence and abuse faced by women and girls, including sexual harassment, and to ensure all countries adopt best practice in terms of encouraging the reporting of these crimes, and supporting ...