Every parliamentary written question tabled by John Milne this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of section 68 of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 on the funding routes available for new secondary school provision required to serve strategic housing development sites.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on ensuring that the timings of funding for secondary school provision for the development of strategic sites to support the delivery of housing infrastructure.
Awaiting answer.
Whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a specific legal working temperature for schools.
Awaiting answer.
If he will issue national guidance to reduce variation in children’s hospice funding between ICBs.
Awaiting answer.
What steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Education to ensure the Armed Forces Covenant is applied in the provision of education to SEND pupils who are children of service men and women.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to hold a consultation on the new neighbourhood governance framework.
The Department undertook a rapid review of local authority-led neighbourhood governance last year, engaging a range of stakeholders including local authorities, sector bodies, think tanks and academics. As the neighbourhood governance framework develops, ...
Pursuant to the answer of 1 June 2026 to question 3164, if he will publish (a) those performance indicators and (b) corresponding performance data.
Awaiting answer.
What proportion of CMS responses are in compliance with the CMS' 15 days response timeframe.
The department’s aim is either to close a complaint within 15 working days or, where this will take longer than 15 days, set a resolution plan with the customer. A resolution plan is a clear outline of how we will address and resolve a complaint. It sets ...
Communities and Local Government, what his proposed timetable is for publishing a new neighbourhood governance framework following the passage of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026.
The Government will publish a Neighbourhood Governance framework later this year.
Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on small and medium-sized developers of the withdrawal of water neutrality requirements and associated credit schemes; a
Water Neutrality has only been applied in Sussex North and Defra has not run any credit schemes for water neutrality in Sussex North. Natural England withdrew its position statement advising water neutrality for new development in the Sussex North region ...
Pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2026 to WQ 935, whether his Department is working on standards and guidance for the construction and management of battery storage energy sites alongside the Department for Energy
As set out in the answer of 20 May 2026 to Question 935, the Ministry of Defence is progressing its Defence Advanced Battery Strategy, which outlines the Department’s approach to advanced battery technologies. The strategy is in the final stages of review...
What accountability mechanisms are in place to ensure that Integrated Care Boards meet national service specifications for neurological conditions; and what steps he is taking where ICBs do not mee
NHS England’s Neurology Transformation Programme, which ended in March 2026, was a multi-year, clinically led programme, which has developed a new model of integrated care to support integrated care boards (ICBs) to deliver the right service, at the right...
Communities and Local Government, what support his Department plans to provide to people who are unable to secure private rented tenancy because they have an active County Court Judgment or are subject to an Indi
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 93111 on 27 November 2025.
What the Child Maintenance Service's service level agreement is for contacting clients; and how compliance with that agreement is measured.
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) takes a flexible and tailored approach to customer contact, with standards aligned to the nature and complexity of different enquiry types. This ensures customers receive support appropriate to their circumstances and c...
Whether the Child Maintenance Service sends template letters to clients stating that a call was attempted in cases where no call was made.
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) uses standard letter templates for efficiency, including references to attempted contact, but these are intended to reflect activity recorded on a case. If a letter indicates an attempted call, this should be based on a...
Food and Rural Affairs, whether academies and free schools will be classed as public settings for the purpose of the Government's ambition that half of all food served in public settings is either locally sou
The Government is open to considering all lawful means of achieving its ambition that half of all food purchased across the public sector should be locally produced or certified to higher environmental standards. Approximately half the £4.9bn annual spend...
Whether as part of the Timms Review his Department intends to make reductions in total PIP expenditure.
We have launched the Timms Review to ensure we have a system that supports disabled people to achieve better health, higher living standards and greater independence, including through employment.The Review is being co-produced with disabled people, the o...
With reference to the Answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 117035 on Arms Trade: Israel, how many of the five licences referenced are for IDF training; and what equipment is covered by those licences.
As referenced in my answer to Question 117035, all five licences were for IDF/Israeli Government training. The equipment covered by those licences included non-lethal ammunition only used in training and not suitable for operational use, components for bo...
If his Department will conduct an investigation into whether Watchkeeper drone components are being exported from the UK to Israel to support drone exports to Romania.
Watchkeeper unmanned aerial system (UAS) components are licensed from the UK to Israel solely for the purpose of supporting onward export to a Romanian UAS programme.The Department has published extensive information on our export licences to Israel. This...
If he will publish guidance used by his Department for the a) construction and b) management of battery energy storages sites.
The Ministry of Defence is progressing its ‘Defence Advanced Battery Strategy’ which sets out the Department’s approach to advanced battery technologies. The Department does not currently publish specific guidance for the construction or management of Bat...