Written questions by Raja.

How many Skilled Worker visas have been granted since 2024 to applicants sponsored by takeaway and restaurant businesses; and what assessment she has made of the occupations for which those visas were issued, the types of establishments sponsoring them, and the skills shortages they were intended to address.

The information requested is not available from published statistics and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. Our Immigration White Paper, published last year, set out how we are reducing reliance on international workers and encouraging investment in the domestic workforce. In July 2025, we raised the Skilled Worker threshold to graduate-level occupations, meaning more than 100 occupations are no longer eligible, including restaurant managers and chefs.

What measures she is taking to help protect communities against anti-social behaviour.

Awaiting answer.

Whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) introducing a maximum annual limit on the amount of public funding that may be spent on an individual's adult social care package and (b) implementing a cap on annual local authority expenditure on adult social care.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in student visa fees on levels of non-compliance with student visa requirements.

Where changes to fee legislation are made, Impact Assessments are produced which identify potential impacts resulting from the changes. The most recent Impact Assessment which includes considerations in respect of fees for student routes is published here: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2026/44/pdfs/ukia_20260044_en.pdfHowever, no assessment has been made of the potential impact of student visa fees on levels of non-compliance with student visa requirements.

Which representatives of the outbound travel and package holiday sector were consulted during the development of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandate and its accompanying cost-benefit analysis.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent infrastructure issues at Heathrow Airport on regulatory arrangements for future airport expansion.

Awaiting answer.

Whether her Department has modelled the potential impact of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandate on the number of passengers beginning journeys from overseas airports.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the resources of British Transport Police to maintain a permanent policing presence at major rail interchange stations.

Awaiting answer.

At which railway stations live facial recognition technology has been deployed in each of the last five years; on what dates it was deployed at each station; for what purpose; and how many individuals were (a) matched to watchlists, (b) stopped by police and (c) arrested following its use.

Awaiting answer.

Pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 13039 on Aviation: Antisocial Behaviour, whether her Department holds information on the number of passengers who have been (a) refused carriage and (b) banned from future travel by UK airlines due to disruptive or unruly behaviour in each of the last five years.

Awaiting answer.

Pursuant to the answer of 26 June 2026 to Question 10561 on Department for Transport: Public Relations, which PR firms have been hired since July 2024; on what campaigns and topics; and at what cost.

Awaiting answer.

What changes have been made of the remuneration of coastguards in the last 12 months.

Awaiting answer.

Whether HM Treasury has considered calculating benefit-in-kind tax on used company vehicles by reference to their market value rather than their original P11D list price.

Awaiting answer.

What proportion of long term visa applications subject to a minimum service standard were decided within the relevant service standard by visa category since 1 January 2025.

Awaiting answer.

Pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2026 to Question 121192 on Network Rail: Assets, when Network Rail's next Delivery Plan update is expected to be published.

Awaiting answer.

Communities and Local Government, when she expects to publish the Government's response to the consultation on the proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning syst

Awaiting answer.

Pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2026 to Question 7617 on Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties, when the Government expects to publish its response to the Consultation on the Introduction of Electric Vehicle Excise Dut

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 29th June to Question 11460

Pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2026 to Question 4598 on Great British Railways, if she will list examples of current open access passenger rail services that her Department considers genuinely add value that

In the right circumstances, Open Access can provide benefits to rail passengers, such as improved connectivity and choice. However, Open Access can also increase costs to taxpayers and create additional performance pressures on an already constrained netw...

Pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2026 to Question 5451 on National Highways: Expenditure, how much of the expenditure on National Highways' in-house external affairs function since 4 July 2024 was spent on (a)

For the period between 4 July and 31 May 2026, the National Highways in-house External Affairs Team's expenditure was as follows:(a) £1.6 million on salaries.(b) Zero spend on agency staff.(c) £280,921 on a technical professional services’ public affairs ...

How much her Department and its arm's-length bodies have spent on (a) advertising, (b) marketing, (c) external public relations and (d) other communications activity on their announcement regarding regulated ra

Other than that reported in the answer on 13 March to Question 117710, the Department has not found any additional external expenditure on advertising, marketing, external public relations or other communications activity specifically in relation to the a...